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Re:Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory? by avodonosov on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:59PM (#21829907)
How do you make a note a tonic center? If any of the same seven notes can be a tonic, what makes it a tonic?
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Re:Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory? by palimpsests on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:04PM (#21831439)
by it's function in the overall harmonic scheme, and through it's positioning and usage relative to the other notes.

"tonic" is another way of referring to the "key" of the song.

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Re:Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory? by avodonosov on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:48AM (#21832601)
I know these words, question is exactly how these relationship work that a note becames tonic?

If I'm writing a song and want to make La the tonic, what should I do?

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