Crossword-Solution: SUBTONIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Subtonic | a. | Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202. |
| Subtonic | n. | A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal. |
| Subtonic | n. | The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone. |
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Sentences with SUBTONIC (5)
But the correct and distinct pronunciation of the subtonic, and especially of the atonic, elements, when they occur, as is so frequent in English words, in combination, is not so easily accomplished; and orthoepy, in this respect, as a _habit_, cannot be secured without great care and incessant practice.
The subtonic in a descending scale does not lead (progress) to the tonic and therefore need not necessarily be situated one half step below the tonic.
Dependent triads are found constructed on the subtonic of major keys; on the subtonic, supertonic, and mediant of the minor keys.
Although doubled in the above examples, the fundamental of the subtonic triad is seldom doubled in four voice writing and if doubled, a bad progression results in many cases.
The subtonic seventh chord in the minor mode is called the -diminished seventh- and is formed with the diminished triad and the diminished seventh.