For example, once the tonic G has been established, listeners may recognize that the pitch D plays the role of the dominant in the key of G. No reference to any other pitch is required to establish this fact.
For eksempel: Når tonikaen G er nået, opdages det at tonen D spiller en rolle i den dominante tast for G. Der er ikke behov for nogen anden reference for at afgøre dette faktum.