who is tonic dominant
the tonic note or tonic chord in a piece of music is the one chord (to rule them all), the do of do-re-mi, the root, the ending place: home. the dominant chord is just one of many ways to drive our ears and expectations towards the tonic. just like dark precedes light, sorrow precedes joy, and caterpillars precede butterflies, dominant (frequently) precedes tonic.
