Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subsemitone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subsemitone \Sub*sem"i*tone\, n. (Mus.)
The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key;
subtonic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subtonic \Sub*ton"ic\, n.
1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal
consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately
below the tonic; -- called also {subsemitone}.
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