ABSTRACT
TONIC,thefirstdegree,orkeynote,ofthescale,e.g.Finthekeysof FmajorandFminor.SeealsoTONICsoL-FA.
TONICsoL-FA,Englishsystemofnotationandsight-readingintroducedinthe1840sbyJ.S.Curwen(1816-80),thoughpartlyanticipatedbyothers.Accordingtothisthenotesofthemajorscaleare named(ascending)doh,ray,me,fah,soh,lah,te-dohbeingthe keynote(tonic),andtheothernotesbeingthusrelatedtothekeynote ofthemoment,notfixedinpitchasinordinary(sTAFF)notation. Time-valuesareindicatedbybar-linesanddots,andthereisother symbolization.Thechiefuseofthewrittensystemhasbeeninchoral music,forthetrainingofamateurs.SeeSOLMIZATION.
