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noun

Keynote n.

(Mus.) 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.

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

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Etymology of 'Keynote'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Gerfaut, Complete • Charles de Bernard

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— Port O' Gold • Louis John Stellman

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