KEYNOTE


Meaning of KEYNOTE in English

noun the fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.

2. keynote ·noun the tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred;

— called also key tone.

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