source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:12:58 -0800 Subject: Re: Ghosttones and LucyTuning From: Gary Morrison -------------------- Begin Original Message -------------------- Message text written by INTERNET:tuning@ella.mills.edu " The fact that the third of this chord lies close to the tonic of the key should not be taken to mean that they are both tonics of the key, one being "wandered", any more than the leading tone should be considered a "wandered" tonic, or the major third of the V of ii (near C# in C) should be considered a "wandered" tonic. " -------------------- End Original Message -------------------- Frankly I wouldn't buy that. If the harmony makes clear that you're playing a vi chord, then its third is the tonic. That's built into the definition of diatonic triads. If the harmony is ambiguous enough to confuse a leading tone with a tonic, then that would not fall within the realm of diatonic harmony. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 06:23 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA13360; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 06:23:44 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA13362 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id VAA29314; Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:22:02 -0800 Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:22:02 -0800 Message-Id: <199702210006_MC2-118C-A6BE@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu