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单词 omnitonic
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omnitonicadj.

Brit. /ˌɒmnᵻˈtɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑmnəˈtɑnɪk/, /ˌɑmniˈtɑnɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: omni- comb. form, tonic adj.
Etymology: < omni- comb. form + tonic adj., after French omnitonique (1824 in sense 1; 1840 in ordre omnitonique (F.-J. Fétis 1840, in Rev. & Gaz. Mus. de Paris 6 Sept. 451/2) in sense 2).
Music. Now historical.
1. Designating or relating to a musical instrument, esp. a horn, which is so constructed as to allow it to be played in any key.
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rural1592
unstringed1597
unstrung1598
keyed1761
fingerable1818
keyless1830
omnitonic1861
solo1862
sewing machine1874
unplayed1875
original1899
electrified1938
melodic1938
analogue1976
acoustic1978
1861 Times 16 Aug. 7/2 An accountant asks space for..an..omnitonic flute.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xvi. §3449 An omnitonic flute, adjustable at will to any key.
1963 H. Pleasants in H. Pleasants tr. E. Hanslick Music Criticisms 225 Charles Joseph Sax..in 1824..invented ‘omnitonic’ horn, adjustable by means of a piston.
1992 Oxf. Compan. Musical Instruments 165/1 In ‘omnitonic horns’, rather rare and little-used designs of the early 19th centrury, all the crooks are built permanently into the instrument.
2. Relating to all tones or tonalities; spec. relating to or designating a theory of harmony which allows for continuous modulation between keys.
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1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 517 The ‘omnitonic’ system [of Fétis], whose main principle is that harmonic combinations exist by which any given sound may be resolved into any key and any mode.
1984 M. R. Rogers Teaching Approaches in Music Theory iii. 56 Omnitonic [stage] (middle to late 1800s)—any vertical situation becomes instantly relatable to any other through the devices of chromatic alteration, linearity, coloristic chords, [etc.]
1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Nov. 38/2 Liszt had imagined that the era's expanded tonality would be an ‘omnitonic’ system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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