Hypernyms for "musical note"
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acciaccatura
appoggiatura
blue note
chord
crotchet
demisemiquaver
dominant
eighth note
grace note
half note
hemidemisemiquaver
keynote
leading tone
mediant
middle C
minim
monotone
passing note
passing tone
pedal
pedal point
quarter note
quaver
semibreve
semiquaver
shake
sixteenth note
sixty-fourth note
subdominant
submediant
subtonic
supertonic
thirty-second note
tonic
trill
whole note
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.