what is the home tone of the major keys
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Answer: Tonality
Tonality is the grouping of pitches and chords into a hierarchy of relationships.
In each tonal group or key, there is one tone which sounds the most stable, like a 'home' pitch. This pitch is called the tonic, and the name of that tone is also the name of the key.
For example, in the key of C Major, the tonic pitch is C. When you play along with a musical piece that is in the key of C Major, you can play the tone C at just about any point in the piece and it will sound like it 'fits' without much dissonance.
Each key has a scale of tones associated with it. The tones that make up a scale are typically ordered by the frequency of their pitch.
Ascending Scale - A scale that moves from lower pitch tones to higher ones.
Descending Scale - A scale that moves from high to low.
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