kosketin — meaning in English

English meaning

• key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
• note noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.

Senses

kosketin is used for these senses in English:

• key In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
• key (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
• note (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.

key — full definition

1. noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
2. noun The single most important factor or step needed to achieve something.
3. noun One of the buttons pressed to type on a keyboard or play a musical instrument.
4. noun A short guide listing what the symbols, colors, or abbreviations on a map, chart, or test mean.
5. noun In music, the set of related notes a piece is built around, giving it its overall tonal center.

note — full definition

1. noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.
2. noun A single musical sound of a particular pitch, or its written symbol.
3. noun A piece of paper currency; a banknote.
4. verb To notice or pay attention to something, or to write it down.

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