TONIC KEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tonic key mean? 

• TONIC KEY (noun)
  The noun TONIC KEY has 1 sense:

1. the basic key in which a piece of music is written

  Familiarity information: TONIC KEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TONIC KEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic key in which a piece of music is written

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

home key; tonic key

Hypernyms ("tonic key" is a kind of...):

key; tonality (any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music)