subtonen.

Brit.

/ˈsʌbtəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈsəbˌtoʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, tone n.

Etymology: < sub- prefix + tone n. With sense 2 compare earlier undertone n. In sense 3 after German Unterton (1856 or earlier in this sense; late 18th cent. or earlier in sense 2).

†1. Music. An interval approximately equal to a semitone. Obsolete. rare.Used by T. P. Thompson (see quot. 1829) to refer to an interval on the ‘Approximative Scale’, a musical scale apparently of his own invention.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > semitone

semitone1486

semitune1486

half-note1597

demitune1598

bemol1626

half-tone1651

hemitone1694

feint1730

demi-tone1828

subtone1829

1829 T. P. Thompson Instr. Enharmonic Guitar viii. §52. 5/1 This interval will in the sequel be termed a Subtone. The object of which is to get rid of the deceptive term Semitone.

2. A subordinate tone; an undertone (in various senses).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > note or tone > undertones, overtones, etc.

harmonic1772

undertone1832

subtone1838

by-tone1852

overtone1867

upper partial1873

overnote1917

the world > matter > colour > [noun] > underlying colour

undertint1885

under-colour1891

undertone1891

subtone1894

1838 Age 23 Dec. 406/1 His lower notes are majestic, and resemble in quality and power the sub-tones of a bassoon.

1857 Ladies' Repository Nov. 683/1 High-priests of thought,..catching the sub-tones of thought and feeling that murmur faintly through the souls of men.

1894 Yellow Bk. 1 190 The river was wrapped in a delicate grey haze with a golden sub-tone.

1903 T. Dixon One Woman i. 5 He loved to use the deep vibrant subtones of his voice so charged with feeling that he melted the people into tears.

1982 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 12 326 Michael Sadleir gave MEB [= Mary Elizabeth Braddon] credit for having created a detailed picture of Victorian life with a subtone of malice in it.

2008 D. J. Levitin World in Six Songs v. 174 While holding the word ‘away’, she brings out a subtone in her voice that conveys the sense of deep loss and separation.

3. Acoustics. A note whose overtones include a specified note; = subharmonic n.

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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > [noun] > simple tone > relative to another

subharmonic1852

subtone1875

1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone i. iii. 70 In such cases tones have been struck which include the proper tone of the resonator among their upper partial tones. Such deeper musical tones are called the harmonic subtones of the resonator.

1967 Stud. in Music (Univ. Western Austral.) No. 1. 29 A strong sub-tone of bottom b flat is heard when the latter group [of instruments] sounds its chord.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subtone
释义	subtonen. Brit. /ˈsʌbtəʊn/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌtoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, tone n. Etymology: < sub- prefix + tone n. With sense 2 compare earlier undertone n. In sense 3 after German Unterton (1856 or earlier in this sense; late 18th cent. or earlier in sense 2). †1. Music. An interval approximately equal to a semitone. Obsolete. rare.Used by T. P. Thompson (see quot. 1829) to refer to an interval on the ‘Approximative Scale’, a musical scale apparently of his own invention. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > semitone semitone1486 semitune1486 half-note1597 demitune1598 bemol1626 half-tone1651 hemitone1694 feint1730 demi-tone1828 subtone1829 1829 T. P. Thompson Instr. Enharmonic Guitar viii. §52. 5/1 This interval will in the sequel be termed a Subtone. The object of which is to get rid of the deceptive term Semitone. 2. A subordinate tone; an undertone (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > note or tone > undertones, overtones, etc. harmonic1772 undertone1832 subtone1838 by-tone1852 overtone1867 upper partial1873 overnote1917 the world > matter > colour > [noun] > underlying colour undertint1885 under-colour1891 undertone1891 subtone1894 1838 Age 23 Dec. 406/1 His lower notes are majestic, and resemble in quality and power the sub-tones of a bassoon. 1857 Ladies' Repository Nov. 683/1 High-priests of thought,..catching the sub-tones of thought and feeling that murmur faintly through the souls of men. 1894 Yellow Bk. 1 190 The river was wrapped in a delicate grey haze with a golden sub-tone. 1903 T. Dixon One Woman i. 5 He loved to use the deep vibrant subtones of his voice so charged with feeling that he melted the people into tears. 1982 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 12 326 Michael Sadleir gave MEB [= Mary Elizabeth Braddon] credit for having created a detailed picture of Victorian life with a subtone of malice in it. 2008 D. J. Levitin World in Six Songs v. 174 While holding the word ‘away’, she brings out a subtone in her voice that conveys the sense of deep loss and separation. 3. Acoustics. A note whose overtones include a specified note; = subharmonic n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > [noun] > simple tone > relative to another subharmonic1852 subtone1875 1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone i. iii. 70 In such cases tones have been struck which include the proper tone of the resonator among their upper partial tones. Such deeper musical tones are called the harmonic subtones of the resonator. 1967 Stud. in Music (Univ. Western Austral.) No. 1. 29 A strong sub-tone of bottom b flat is heard when the latter group [of instruments] sounds its chord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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