| 单词 | tonic pedal |
| 释义 | > as lemmastonic pedal a. Formerly applied to the key-note of a composition ( tonic note), now called simply tonic (see B. 2); now (attributive use of B. 2), Pertaining to or founded upon the tonic or key-note: as tonic chord, a chord having the tonic for its root; tonic pedal, the key-note sustained as a pedal n.1 7. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > diatonic scale > notes of tonic1761 subdominant1803 dominant1813 submediant1851 superdominant1864 1761 F. H. E. Stiles in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 773 Two modes with the same tonic note, the one neither acuter nor graver than the other, make no part of the old system of modes. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 53 A tonic pedal..has the effect of confirming the conclusion indicated by a perfect cadence. 1880 J. Stainer Composition §14 The third degree of the scale can form a portion of a tonic chord, or chord of the relative minor. < as lemmas |
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