The Sims 3: Island Paradise - Uppsie Bay
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In the theme, there are pleasant harmonies and no major dissonances. There are no modulations, and the G Major tonal center is immediately established and sustained. The harmonic progression achieves a sense of stasis while the different layers of rhythms provide variety.
The repeating harmonic progressions express the relaxing atmosphere of the island where people go for a vacation. No dissonance keeps the music without having direction or modulation. It's like the people who go to the island and do not work.
The principle of homeostasis is apparent in classical sonata form or symphonies. The music would start at the tonic in the exposition and modulate to the dominant. The development section would be an extension of the dominant. The tonic would return at the recapitulation. From a psychological point of view, it is analogous to a person who lives at home, goes to work during the day, and returns home in the evening.
Unlike the homeostasis model, the Uppsie Bay theme consciously stays on the tonic key just as how the people go to the beach, sit there, and watch the ocean waves.
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