Music. A note, a tone; esp. the first or lowest note or tone of a scale or sequence of notes, the keynote. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > notes in diatonic scale (34) keya1450 Music. A note, a tone; esp. the first or lowest note or tone of a scale or sequence of notes, the keynote. Obsolete. seventh1591 Music. An interval spanning seven notes on the diatonic scale; a note six degrees of the scale above or below a given note; a chord containing a note… fifth1597 Music. A note five diatonic degrees above or below a given note; the interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the… final1609 In various applications due to elliptical uses of the adjective. Music. (see quot. 1885). octave1656 Music. The concord of two notes an octave apart; a pair of such notes sounding together (usually in plural). sub-octave1659 Music. The octave below a given note; (also) an organ stop sounding a note one octave below the ordinary pitch, or at intervals of an octave… keynote1677 Music. The first note of the scale of any key, which forms the basis of, and gives its name to, the key; the tonic. Cf. key, n.1 17a. mediant1721 (a) In early music: one of the three principal notes in a church mode, usually occupying a position between the final and the tenor or dominant… sensible note?1775 the leading note of a scale; cf. sensitive note n. at sensitive, adj. n.compounds 1. subdominant?1775 The fourth degree of major or minor scale, being the same distance below the tonic as the dominant (dominant, n. 1) is above it; the fourth note in… submediant?1775 The sixth note of a scale, lying midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic. medius1782 In ecclesiastical music: = mediant, n. 1(a). Obsolete. leading note1786 (see quot. 1889; cf. sensible note n. at sensible, adj. n.adv. compounds 2). nominal1786 Music. A note giving its name to a scale. rare. subsemitone1799 The note lying one note below the upper tonic in a scale. Cf. subtonic, n. 1. superdominant1806 The sixth note of an ascending diatonic scale, lying above the dominant. Now more usually called submediant (see submediant, n.). supertonic1806 The note next above the tonic; the second of the scale. tonic1806 Music. = keynote, n. 1. subtonic1817 Music. The note lying one note of the scale (usually a semitone) below the upper tonic; the leading note. dominant1823 Music. In the ecclesiastical modes: ‘The predominating sound in each mode, the note on which the recitation is made in each Psalm or Canticle… sensitive note1845 the leading note of a scale; cf. sensible note n. at sensible, adj. n.adv. compounds 2. nominal note1884 = sense A. 3. Subcategories:— notes of specific scales (12) |
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