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Modulation :: Modulation (n.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations..

Ophelic :: Ophelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called ophelic acid) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic..

Neoplatonism :: Neoplatonism (n.) A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy..

Tonic :: Tonic (n.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale..

Tonicity :: Tonicity (n.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

Eupittone :: Eupittone (n.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid..

Platonical :: Platonical (a.) Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical..

Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest..

Maltonic :: Maltonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic..

Atonic :: Atonic (a.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable..

Absinthium :: Absinthium (n.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood..

Chiretta :: Chiretta (n.) A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge..

Semitone :: Semitone (n.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.

Mediant :: Mediant (n.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

Crotonic :: Crotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton, or from croton oil..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

Change :: Change (v. t.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale..

Elecampane :: Elecampane (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic..

Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic..

Architectonics :: Architectonics (n.) The science of architecture.

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