Section: Tonic | Melody 1A: 1-2-3 and 1-3-5 | Moodle Music

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In music, the tonic note is the first note in a diatonic scale. It is the tonal centre, or the tone on which the music sounds finished. All other notes in a piece of music use the tonic note as a reference point. The tonic is always numbered as one. Song melodies usually end on tonic.
In Movable do, or tonic sol-fa, each syllable corresponds to a scale degree. The tonic is DO. The whole scale is do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-(do).
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  EXERCISES
- Select activity 2. Select tonic notes (Hot Cross Buns)
  
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- Select activity 2. Select tonic notes (Marjukka)
  
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- Select activity 2. Select tonic notes (5 exercises)
  
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