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- Dictionarytonality/tə(ʊ)ˈnalɪti/
noun
- 1. the character of a piece of music as determined by the key in which it is played or the relations between the notes of a scale or key: "the sonata is noteworthy for its extensive variations of mood and tonality"
- 2. the colour scheme or range of tones used in a picture: "the five canvases are predominantly blue in tonality"
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The other tones in a tonal piece are all defined in terms of their relationship to the tonic. In tonality, the tonic (tonal center) is the tone of complete relaxation and stability, the target toward which other tones lead.
a particular musical scale or key. (Definition of tonality from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of tonality. tonality. The changes to which the recurrence of melodic elements was subjected again constitute an exact correlation to 'floating tonality'.
noun. to· nal· i· ty tō-ˈna-lə-tē. plural tonalities. 1. : tonal quality. 2. a. : key sense 5. b. : the organization of all the tones and harmonies of a piece of music in relation to a tonic. 3. : the arrangement or interrelation of the tones of a work of visual art. Examples of tonality in a Sentence.
Tonality definition: the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system.. See examples of TONALITY used in a sentence.
a particular musical scale or key. (Definition of tonality from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of tonality. tonality. And the finger holes are so precisely placed that you have pentatonic tonality, as today.
tonality, in music, principle of organizing musical compositions around a central note, the tonic. Generally, any Western or non-Western music periodically returning to a central, or focal, tone exhibits tonality.
1. a. the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system. b. a particular scale or system of tones; a key. 2. (in painting, graphics, etc.) the system of tones or tints, or the color scheme, of a picture. 3. the quality of tones. [1830–40]
tonality. noun. /təʊˈnæləti/. /təʊˈnæləti/. [uncountable, countable] (plural tonalities) (music) the quality of a piece of music that depends on the key in which it is written. The piece then shifts in tonality, setting a more hopeful mood.
1. music. a. the actual or implied presence of a musical key in a composition. b. the system of major and minor keys prevalent in Western music since the decline of modes. Compare atonality. 2. the overall scheme of colours and tones in a painting. Collins English Dictionary.
Definitions of tonality. noun. any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music. synonyms: key. see more.
