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Definition of key

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Key (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as sharp four, flat seven, etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key..

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Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..

Keystone :: Keystone (n.) The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch..

Ottoman :: Ottoman (n.) A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey..

Beg :: Beg (n.) A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

Wattlebird :: Wattlebird (n.) The Australian brush turkey.

Jockeys :: Jockeys (pl. ) of Jocke.

Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

Padishah :: Padishah (n.) Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia..

Leipoa :: Leipoa (n.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm..

Zygobranchia :: Zygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella) are examples.

Transposition :: Transposition (n.) A change of a composition into another key.

Natural :: Natural (a.) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key..

Turk :: Turk (n.) A native or inhabitant of Turkey.

Rhesus :: Rhesus (n.) A monkey; the bhunder.

Ward :: Ward (n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.

Pug-faced :: Pug-faced (a.) Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.

Pitheci :: Pitheci (n. pl.) A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.

Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..

Mico :: Mico (n.) A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety..