superˈtonic Mus.
[super- 5 b.]
The note next above the tonic; the second of the scale. Also attrib. applied to a chord having this note for its root.
| 1806 J. W. Callcott Mus. Gram. ii. v. 135 The Supertonic, or second above the Key-note. 1867 Macfarren Harmony (1892) 128 The chromatic raising of the 3rd in the supertonic chord. 1868 Ouseley Harmony xi. (1875) 128 The dominant of a dominant, i.e. the supertonic. 1889 Prout Harmony xiii. 135 The chord of the supertonic seventh. Ibid. 144 The dominant seventh resolves on the tonic, submediant, or subdominant chord, or on a supertonic discord. |