Chromatic Mediants

     A mediant or submediant relationship refers to the relative distance of a third interval, ascending or descending, to a reference pitch or tonic. In the case of a C major scale, with C being used as reference pitch, its diatonic mediant is an E while its submediant is an A – a major third above …

The Close Relationship Between Tonic and Fifth

     We perceive sound as a whole but even if the fundamentals of that sound are not present (1st and 2nd overtones, etc.); our brain can still reconstruct the fundamental tone.      However, if we continue to remove the following overtones, gradually we begin to lose that ability. This means that the lower we are in the …