Emily Dickinson Lexicon — SUB-TON'IC, or SUB-SEM'I-TONE

Definition for SUB-TON'IC, or SUB-SEM'I-TONE

SUB'TLY SUB-TRACT'

SUB-TON'IC, or SUB-SEM'I-TONE, n.

The semitone or note next below the tonic; the leading note of the scale.

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