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SUPERTONIC

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

• SUPERTONIC (noun)

Sense 1

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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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