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TONIC KEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The basic key in which a piece of music is written
Synonyms:
home key; tonic key
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)