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Definition of Supertonic
1. Noun. (music) the second note of a diatonic scale.
Definition of Supertonic
1. n. The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale.
Definition of Supertonic
1. Noun. (music) The second note in a diatonic scale. ¹
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Definition of Supertonic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supertonic
Literary usage of Supertonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harmony, a Course of Study by George Whitefield Chadwick (1897)
"THE supertonic SEVENTH IN MAJOR AND MINOR. The chords of the seventh formed by
adding a third to the upper interval of the secondary triads of the scale are ..."
2. Harmony: A Course of Study by George Whitefield Chadwick (1922)
"Of these the seventh chord upon the supertonic is the most important in both
major and minor, being often used to precede the dominant or tonic triad in the ..."
3. A System of Harmony: Founded on Key Relationship, by Means of which a by Hugh Archibald Clarke (1901)
"Inversion of the Toni<^ followed by 11^ chord, followed by supertonic harmony.
minor, ... Observe the effect of the contrary At a, supertonic harmony, ..."
4. First Theory Book by Diller, Angela (1921)
"CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The supertonic Triad and Its First Inversion The supertonic
Triad is built on the second degree of the scale. The numbers are 2-4-6. ..."
5. First Theory Book by Angela Diller (1921)
"CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The supertonic Triad and Its First Inversion The supertonic
Triad is built on the second degree of the scale. The numbers are 2-4-6. ..."
6. A Course of Harmony by Frederick Bridge, Frank Joseph Sawyer (1899)
"When to the chromatic triad on the supertonic (see Chap. ... 64) the minor seventh
is added, the supertonic Seventh is formed. The difference between the ..."
7. Music Composition: A New Method of Harmony by Carl Edward Gardner (1918)
"The supertonic triad differs in structure from the three triads ... The most
effective use of the supertonic chord is with the third in the soprano. ..."
8. Cumulative Harmony by William Johnston McCoy (1916)
"Take the supertonic for a new Dominant, proceeding from major to major, ...
Beginning with the key of C, taking the supertonic D for a new Dominant, ..."
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