Music

• tonic

  (music) the first note of a diatonic scale.

• supertonic

  (music) the second note of a diatonic scale.

• mediant

  (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant.

• subdominant

  (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale.

• dominant

  (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale.

• submediant

  (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic).

• subtonic

  (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale.

Also contains

• chord

  A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together.

• blue note

  A flattened third or seventh.

• pedal

  A sustained bass note.

• middle C

  The note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz.

• monotone

  A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering...

• passing note

  A nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes.

• whole note

  A musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time).

• shake

  A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.

• half note

  A musical note having the time value of half a whole note.

• crotchet

  A musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note.

• eighth note

  A musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note.

• sixteenth note

  A musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note.

• thirty-second note

  A musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note.

• sixty-fourth note

  A musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note.

• grace note

  An embellishing note usually written in smaller size.