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Noun
S:
(n)
pedal point
,
pedal
(a sustained bass note)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
note
,
musical note
,
tone
(a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
"the singer held the note too long"
S:
(n)
tonic
,
keynote
((music) the first note of a diatonic scale)
S:
(n)
supertonic
((music) the second note of a diatonic scale)
S:
(n)
mediant
((music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant)
S:
(n)
subdominant
((music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale)
S:
(n)
dominant
((music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale)
S:
(n)
submediant
((music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic))
S:
(n)
subtonic
,
leading tone
((music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale)
S:
(n)
pedal point
,
pedal
(a sustained bass note)
S:
(n)
trill
,
shake
(a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it)
S:
(n)
middle C
(the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz)
S:
(n)
chord
(a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together)
S:
(n)
passing note
,
passing tone
(a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes)
S:
(n)
whole note
,
semibreve
(a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time))
S:
(n)
half note
,
minim
(a musical note having the time value of half a whole note)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
quarter note
,
crotchet
(a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note)
S:
(n)
eighth note
,
quaver
(a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note)
S:
(n)
sixteenth note
,
semiquaver
(a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note)
S:
(n)
thirty-second note
,
demisemiquaver
(a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note)
S:
(n)
sixty-fourth note
,
hemidemisemiquaver
(a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note)
S:
(n)
grace note
,
appoggiatura
,
acciaccatura
(an embellishing note usually written in smaller size)
S:
(n)
blue note
(a flattened third or seventh)
S:
(n)
monotone
(a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts))
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
pedal
,
treadle
,
foot pedal
,
foot lever
(a lever that is operated with the foot)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
part holonym
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
bicycle
,
cycle
,
bike
,
pedal
,
wheel
(ride a bicycle)
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
pedal
(operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
pedal
(of or relating to the feet)
"the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'"