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tonic

tonal center of a diatonic scale
Class type of: degree Q210411

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
degree
Follows
leading-tone[2]
Followed by
supertonic[3]
Subclass of
degree[4]
Part of
scale[5]
Facet of
tonal system, key[7][8]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary[9][10]
Different from
soft drink[11]
Said to be the same as
Shadja[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en tonic en tonic (key note) ar الأساس ar نغمة قرار ar قرار cs tónika da tonika es tónica es tonica es tonica musical es tónica musical fa بن‌مایه fa بن مایه fa بنمایه fa پایه fa تونیک fa نت پایه fi perussävel fi toonika fr tonique
🔖 Identifiers · 13
GND ID
7678110-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Parallel tonic chords on C.png ↗
BNCF Thesaurus ID
64962
Dewey Decimal Classification
781.25
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/tonic-music
Freebase ID
/m/0bvf5
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
2637, 5521
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tonika
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
tonika-729fb1
Larousse ID
musdico/tonique/170410
Lex ID
tonika
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781347044
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3988046

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🔗 Connections
Facet of 2
tonal system, key
Belongs to 1
key
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Different from 1
soft drink
Followed by 1
supertonic
Followed by (predecessor) 1
supertonic
Follows 1
leading-tone
Instance of 1
degree
Part of 1
scale
Preceded by (successor) 1
leading-tone
Said to be the same as 1
Shadja
Subclass of 1
degree
← Different from 1
soft drink
← FactGrid item ID 1
North Leverton with Habblesthorpe
← Said to be the same as 1
Shadja
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Summary

tonic is a degree[1].

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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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