Subsemitone

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subsemitone \Sub*sem"i*tone\, n. (Mus.)
     The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key;
     subtonic.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Subtonic \Sub*ton"ic\, n.
     1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal
        consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
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     2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately
        below the tonic; -- called also {subsemitone}.
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