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Keynote

noun

The principal theme in a speech or literary work.

A fundamental or central idea.

(music) the first note of a diatonic scale. Synonym: tonic.

verb

Set the keynote of.

Give the keynote address to (an audience).

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... La, la, la, la; mi, in E major, key of four sharps. By Jove, my little man! here is a fellow who sings B's and C's away up in the clouds; an E sharp, too!" he continued, with astonishment, while the singer made a hold upon the keynote an octave higher in a voice as clear ...

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