Unit 9 · Diatonic harmony · Lesson 3 of 4
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Three jobs
have a - a role in the story:
- (T) - I, and its stand-ins vi and iii. Home. .
- (PD) - IV and ii. Moving away, setting up tension.
- (D) - V and vii°. Tension that pulls back to I.
Most music cycles T → PD → D → T. Listen to the classic version: