noun: forced submission to control by others
noun: the act of conquering
Hughes
THE term "key" will now be employed in the ordinary sense of the musician, as a note which keeps all those other notes under subjection which do not belong to its harmony. A good ear requires that the first note struck should govern and regulate the rest, carrying on the intricacies of the key through the seven octaves ascending and descending. [Harmonies of Tones and Colours, Diagram IV - The Development of the Twelve Major Scales, page 26a]
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