Structurally Important Pitches

Identifying structurally important pitches is a useful skill. There are several indicators that may suggest a pitch is important structurally such as; if a pitch is repeated, if a pitch is accented, if it’s the last pitch, or the first pitch, or if it’s a part of the tonic chord. In less tonal music, indicators may also be if the pitch is the root of an interval, the root of a group of pitches, or if the pitch is the root of a chord not necessarily the tonic.