![]() The subdominant causes us to “leave home”. The subdominant “moves” us up to the dominant.Subdominant 2nd Inversion in a C Major Scale Simple enough, right? In fact – it is just that! If you are working with the G major scale, the tonic is G. If you are looking at the C major scale, the tonic is C. The tonic is found by the first degree in a scale. The tonic degree, or the tonic chord, is always the easiest to find. My 5 year old daughter can play and understand the basics of tonic, subdominant, and dominant and so can you! What You Need To Know About Tonic Here’s a simple, basic explanation that explains all you need to know about tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords. It may sound complicated, especially if you aren’t familiar with these terms. You can create, or recreate most songs when you understand tonic, dominant, and subdominant chords. Why do we care? Because the majority of music that you will ever listen to or play, bases the entire song off of these chords. The tonic is often referred to as “home”, while subdominant moves you to the next note, and dominant makes you want to return back home to resolve the sound. They are the key elements to building a song. Tonic, subdominant, and dominant are the first, fourth, and fifth degrees in any scale. So what do they mean and why should I care? But I played piano for about fifteen years before I even knew what tonic, dominant, and subdominant was. And you may have heard just how fundamental these are to music theory. ![]() You may have heard the terms tonic, dominant, and subdominant.
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