Ramsay
By affinity the notes group in chords. The tonic is the center chord, the key of the harmony; the dominant is the fifth above it and the subdominant the fifth below it, and these two are balanced on the center chord as the scales on a balance beam. The dominant chord is vigorous and active, tending to soar; the subdominant is solemn, soft, and grave, tending to sink; the tonic is melodious and restful, and in it the harmony finds equilibrium. This far AFFINITY. [Scientific Basis and Build of Music, page 91]

See Also

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Balance
balance of equal interchange
balanced circular orbit
balanced dual element
balanced stillness
center point balance equilibrium fulcrum
circles of balanced relationship
eternal balance
Figure 17.02 - Gravity divides multiplies and balances Light and Sound
Figure 20.16 - Love Beams Across America
Figure 3.17 - Balanced Vector Tendencies or Motions
Fulcrum
Law of Balance
law of balanced interchange
Magnetic control and balancer
motion of divided balance
One Balanced Whole and Two Reciprocating Dynamics
out of balance
plane of balance
principle of balanced control
Rhythmic Balanced Exchange
Rhythmic Balanced Interchange
Source of balance
unbalance
unbalanced interchange
universal balance
14.00.01 - Rhythmic Balanced interexchange between Attraction and Repulsion
20.08 - Love Beams Across America
7.2 - Rhythmic Balanced Interchange