home key Meaning of "home key"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the basic key in which a piece of music is written

Usage(s):

  • Ravel built Bolero around a sinuous, reiterated melody, clad in shifting orchestral colors, which only once lurches briefly away from its home key.
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