What does "subtonic" mean?
Subtonic: (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
Additional senses
- 2.(Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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