Tonal-harmonic functionâthe object of this studyâremains an obscure concept. It has been insufficiently studied and poorly defined by both representatives of the time of function (European music and music theory of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) and its critics of the time outside function (since Schenker until present). Yet, considering the efficiency of function and the results of its practical applicationâpretty much, all good music of the common practiceâone may reconsider the complete cancellation of this concept for research and pedagogy. It is time to return...