Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Ionian Canon at the Fifth

Still more work with the Fuxian ideal of modal subject composing. This one in Ionian (major).

This layout of whole and half steps shows that the Ionian nature is best expressed (for this type of thing anyway) in a passage above the tonic and dominant. (half steps in bold)

C D E F G A
G A B C D E

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