off-key
adverb /ˌɒfˈkiː/
/ˌɑːf-/ Definition
› If you sing or play music off-key, you produce notes that are slightly higher or lower than they should be.Notes of the musical scale
(Definition of off-key adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- A, a noun (MUSIC)
- B, b noun (MUSIC)
- C, c noun (MUSIC)
- chromatic adjective (MUSIC)
- D, d noun (MUSIC)
- doh noun
- flat adjective, adverb (MUSIC)
- half step noun
- interval noun (MUSIC)
- la noun
- lah noun 1
- lah noun 2
- major adjective (MUSIC)
- mi noun (MUSIC)
- middle C noun
- note noun (SOUND)
- register noun (SOUNDS)
- soh noun
- te noun
- ti noun
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Notes of the musical scale
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