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Definition of Tonic key
1. Noun. The basic key in which a piece of music is written.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonic Key
Literary usage of Tonic key
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Musical World (1861)
"In like manner the accidental fiats will fall upon D, A, E, B, the primary sounds
of the relative tonic key. In modulations to the keys of the dominant and ..."
2. Famous Composers and Their Works by Philip Hale, Louis Charles Elson (1900)
"Chief theme in tonic key. Division 2. First counter.theme in some related key.
... Chief theme in the tonic key. Divisions. — Development or middle part ..."
3. The Nature of Harmony and Metre by Moritz Hauptmann (1888)
"They are much more essentially related in the sense that the tonic triad of the
tonic key is contained as subdominant triad in the dominant key, ..."
4. The Musiclover's Handbook: Containing (1) a Pronouncing Dictionary of by John Herbert Clifford (1911)
"tonic key. Dominant key. SECOND HALF ist Theme. 2d Theme. Development. tonic key.
tonic key. Sonata in Minor Key FIRST HALF ist Theme. 2d Theme. Tonic. ..."
5. Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century: Contributions Towards a by William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas James Wise (1895)
"Now, in fugue form a theme is first presented in the tonic key, ... The notion
of the tonic key as a relentless fate seems to suit well with the formal ..."
6. The Musiclover's Handbook: A Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms by John Herbert Clifford (1911)
"tonic key. Dominant key. SECOND HALF i st Theme. 2d Theme. Development. tonic key.
tonic key. Sonata in Minor Key FIRST HALF ist Theme. 2d Theme. Tonic. ..."
7. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"... one sharp or one flat more or less than the signature of the tonic key). ...
be used in the tonic key without modulation to either of its adjacent keys, ..."
8. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"Thus the whole modulatory range of the ' Hallelujah * Chorus is not more than
frequent transitions from the tonic key to the key of its Dominant and back, ..."
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