Assertion: tonal function | /r/HasProperty | denoted by letter
Facets:
value: respectively
type: MANNER
value: for tonic
type: OTHER
value: for subdominant
type: OTHER
value: for dominant
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Riemann described three abstract tonal "functions", tonic, dominant and subdominant, denoted by the letters T, D and S respectively, each of which could take on a more or less modified appearance in any chord of the scale.  
text: Riemann described three abstract tonal "functions", tonic, dominant and subdominant, denoted by the letters T, D and S respectively, each of which could take on a more or less modified appearance in any chord of the scale.
text: In Diether de la Motte's version of the theory, the three tonal functions are denoted by the letters T, D and S, for Tonic, Dominant and Subdominant respectively; the letters are uppercase for functions in major (T, D, S), lowercase for functions in minor (t, d, s).