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te

te

2 9.9
A sung syllable for the seventh note in a musical scale
  • noun
  • /teɪ/
  • Specialized
: te
  • She struggled to hit the note for te during her vocal exercises.

Examples

  • The choir practiced singing from do to te and back again.

  • Listen to the note te.

  • In the scale, te comes just before the final do.

  • Is that te I hear?

  • In solfège, the syllable te represents the seventh note of the musical scale.

  • When singing, she emphasized the note te to ensure everyone was on pitch.

  • To identify the seventh note, you can use the syllable te in your practice.

Synonyms

si
vste
  • Specialized
15 9.9

A syllable that names the seventh note when you sing a musical scale

is the subtonic in solfège rather than the fixed-do naming
ti
vste
  • Specialized
2 9.9

The seventh syllable in the do re mi musical scale

is the subtonic form used instead of the regular seventh in solfège

Compounds

Te Deum
  • Literature
1 9.9

A Christian church song that people sing to give praise and thanks on special occasions

Surface Forms

te singular
tes plural

Etymology

Te is the flat form of the solfège syllable ti, the seventh note of a scale. A helpful way to remember it is that singers change the vowel from 'i' to 'e', as in mi to me, to show the note is a little lower, so te is simply 'lower ti'.