Common tone (scale)

In music, a common tone is a pitch class that is a member of, or common to (shared by) two or more scales or sets.

See also: Common-tone modulation and Common tone (chord)

Approach chord

Common chord (music)

Rothenberg propriety

Walkdown

Johnson, Timothy A. (2003). Foundations of Diatonic Theory: A Mathematically Based Approach to Music Fundamentals. Mathematics Across the Curriculum. Emeryville CA: Key College Publishing. 9781930190801. LCCN 2002075736.

ISBN

Browne, Richmond (1981). "Tonal Implications of the Diatonic Set" In Theory Only 5, nos. 6–7:6–10.

Douthett, Jack Moser, Martha M. Hyde, and Charles J. Smith, eds. (2008). Music Theory and Mathematics. Eastman Studies in Music. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. 9781580462662.

ISBN

Gamer, Carlton (1967). "Deep Scales and Difference Sets in Equal-Tempered Systems", American Society of University Composers: Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference: 113-22 and "Some Combinational Resources of Equal-Tempered Systems", Journal of Music Theory 11: 32-59.

Winograd, Terry. "An Analysis of the Properties of 'Deep Scales' in a T-Tone System", unpublished.