“subtonic”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

subtonic

释义

subtonic, a. and n.|sʌbˈtɒnɪk|
[In A and B 1 f. sub- 19, in B 2 f. sub- 13.]
A. adj. Phonetics. (See quot.)
1833J. Rush Philos. Human Voice (ed. 2) 54 A number of sounds, possessing..properties analogous to those of the tonics; but differing in degree... From their inferiority to the tonics,..whilst they admit of being intonated or carried concretely through the intervals of pitch, I have called them Subtonic sounds.Ibid., Some of the subtonic vocalities are purely nasal, as: m, n, ng, b, d, g.
B. n.
1. Phonetics. A ‘subtonic’ sound.
1833J. Rush Philos. Human Voice (ed. 2) 55 This vocality of the subtonics..is variously modified by the nose, tongue, teeth and lips.
2. Mus. The note a semitone immediately below the upper tonic of a scale; the leading note.
1854Moore Compl. Cycl. Music.1889E. Prout Harmony i. §13 The seventh note of the scale..is sometimes..called the ‘Subtonic’.

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