单词 | prime tone |
释义 | > as lemmasprime tone prime tone n. Music the fundamental note or generator of a compound tone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > combination tone > fundamental note of prime1788 prime tone1878 1878 Times 9 Jan. 6/5 If we knew the particular wave forms of the prime tones and also of the partial tones which go to make every articulate sound, we could reproduce speech. 1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz vii. 130 The prime tone is always the sound which is called by the name which the note bears, as C, B, A, or any other note. This tone is called the prime tone because..it is always much louder than any of the constituent parts of the sound. 1994 Osiris 2nd Ser. 200 Extremely low prime tones were required, which entailed using forks whose tones were barely audible. < as lemmas |
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