Talk:Dominant (music)

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[edit] Gregorian chant

• "In Gregorian chant, each mode has its own dominant, or reciting tone. In most modes this is on the fifth above the final, but in some modes it is a fourth, or even a third, above the final."

I think this terminology is fairly common but widely discouraged as misleading, since the "dominant" of the gc mode does not function at all like that of a major-minor dominant. Hyacinth 20:33, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Still, it should appear somewhere. --Wahoofive 20:58, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I agree it must be somewhere. It could either be in this article or somewhere like Dominant (Gregorian chant). Another possibility is to put it at reciting tone, with a link to that page from this page. Dominant, as far as I know, is the term in common use. The dominant, or reciting tone, is the fifth above the tonic for the modes except the Phrygian, where it is the sixth; and the third above the tonic for all plagal modes except the Phrygian, where it is the fourth (if I remember correctly). Cheers, Antandrus 06:06, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Though "the choice [dominant] is perhaps unfortunate, for it suggests a relationship to the dominant of tonal harmony," cofinal seems to have another meaning. Sorry all. Hyacinth 10:41, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with Perfect fifth

Conversation at Talk:Perfect fifth.

Which title would be kept? In other words, which article should be merged into which? Hyacinth 20:38, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Why merge at all? They are two completely different concepts. It'd be like merging square with rectangle...a square is a rectangle, just like the dominant function is a perfect fifth. But a rectangle isn't ALWAYS a square, just as a perfect fifth isn't ALWAYS a dominant function. Leave them as seperate articles. --Crabbyass 13:40, 6 July 2006 (UTC)