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SUPERTONIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supertonic mean?
• SUPERTONIC (noun)
The noun SUPERTONIC has 1 sense:
1. (music) the second note of a diatonic scale
Familiarity information: SUPERTONIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(music) the second note of a diatonic scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("supertonic" is a kind of...):
musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
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