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Definition of Subtonic

Subtonic
Subtonic Sub*ton"ic, n. 1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal. 2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
Subtonic
Subtonic Sub*ton"ic, a. (Phonetics) 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, [sect][sect]155, 199-202.

Meaning of Subtonic from wikipedia

- In music, the subtonic is the degree of a musical scale which is a whole step below the tonic note. In a major key, it is a lowered, or flattened, seventh...
- step three switches between major and minor third, an equivalent to the subtonic/leading tone conflict in the tonal acceptation.) Thus, the "iv" corresponds...
- function: tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic or leading note (leading tone in the United States), and tonic again. These...
- the term "subtonic", which later came to usually refer to a seventh scale degree pitched a whole tone below the tonic note), The subtonic [leading-tone]...
- to the subdominant when the leading tone is lowered by half step to the subtonic (B to B♭ in the key of C). Modulation to the subdominant key often creates...
- degrees: In English as in German, the tonic is flanked on both sides by subtonic / supertonic, submediant / mediant and dominant / subdominant – the 7th...
- Lowest frequency of a periodic waveform, such as sound Double tonic Key Subtonic Supertonic Benward, Bruce; Saker, Marilyn (2009). "Scales, Tonality, Key...
- are the secondary mediant, the secondary submediant, and the secondary subtonic. Barbershop seventh chord – A major triad plus the harmonic seventh intervalPages...
- Subdominant – B-flat minor Dominant – C minor Submediant – D-flat major Subtonic – E-flat major Famous pieces in the key of F minor include Beethoven's...
- tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic. If the subtonic is a semitone away from the tonic, then it is usually called the...