Klarinet Archive - Posting 000300.txt from 2001/02

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] musical terms
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 05:22:43 -0500

Rien Stein wrote:

> David Glenn wrote:
>
> >>
> A while ago someone posted some really nice warm ups. The first one was:
> Tuner sounding on low written E, then play to it: tonic, dominant, octave,
> subdominant, tonic in half notes, 60 to the quarter. Repeat going up in
> half-tone steps for the entire octave.
> <<
>
> Dear David
>
> recently my oldest son moved to another city. I suspect him of taking my few
> books on music theory (he has his M.Sc. in physics) with him. Can you
> explain "tonic", "dominant", and "subdominant to me?
>
> TIA
>
> Rien
>

+++++++++++++++++++++

Hi Rien,

Have gotten behind in the e-mails but this just caught my eye - maybe because
it's from you?

Each note of the (major) scale has a name. The first is called Tonic, 2:
supertonic or submediant, 3: mediant, 4: subdominant, 5: dominant, 6:
superdominant 7: leading tone, subtonic or subsemitone. I've seen other names
for some but this should get you where you want to go...

Enjoying the snow?

Best,
David

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