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noun (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English subtonic From sub- + tonic.
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