source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 07:05:18 -0800 Subject: To Heinz Bohlen: Tonality and Infilling From: Gary Morrison <71670.2576@compuserve.com> > A monody can be _tonal_, for example, without outlining chords, > but but establishing - through repetition - fixed reference pitches and > contrasting them with other pitches. I agree. Simply resolving upward by half-step alone, is sometimes all it takes to tonicize the tone resolved to. Tonality to me, however, MOSTLY refers to scenarios where the HARMONY points to a certain tone being central. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 18:16 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA07744; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 18:18:17 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA01459 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id JAA21939; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 09:18:14 -0800 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 09:18:14 -0800 Message-Id: <009ACBE0EA199920.CE80@vbv40.ezh.nl> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu