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key

/kiː/ /ki/
Visual illustration of key: In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality. - Image 1
key: In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality. - Thumbnail 1
key: In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality. - Thumbnail 2
noun

In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.

Visual illustration of key: In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor. - Image 1
key: In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor. - Thumbnail 1
key: In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor. - Thumbnail 2
noun

In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.

Visual illustration of key: The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
noun

The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.