ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on special attention to melodic arrivals on members of the V chord, some of which are temporary, occurring roughly at the midway point of a melody, and some of which are more final sounding, occurring at the end of a melody. The two most common points of harmonic repose in tonal music are I and V. For this reason, melodies often come to pause on scale degrees 1 and 3, which are the root and third of the I chord, and on 5,7, and 2, which are the root, third, and fifth of the V chord. A weak or temporary motion to 5 is sometimes called a tonicization, as opposed to a proper modulation, which is a stronger motion to the dominant in which the music convincingly changes keys. To qualify as a true modulation several factors have to be considered, including the harmonic support, the length of the passage that emphasizes 5, and so on.
