tonic key

1. 1.

   the basic key in which a piece of music is written

   Synonymshome key

   Broaderkey

Questions about tonic key

What does tonic key mean?

tonic key means "the basic key in which a piece of music is written".

What is another word for tonic key?

Close synonyms include home key. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tonic key a common word?

tonic key is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.