TONIC KEY

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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