Look up: tonality

1. Tonality
   relationship to A keynote or pivotal tone for A harmonic system
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2. Tonality
   To·nal'i·ty noun [ Confer French tonalité .] (Mus.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the key...
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3. Tonality
   • (n.) The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
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4. tonality
   in music, principle of organizing musical compositions around a central note, the tonic. Generally, any Western or non-Western music periodically ... [15 related articles]
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5. tonality
   tonality 1. A system or an arrangement of seven tones built on a tonic key. 2. The arrangement of all the tones and chords of a composition in relation to a tonic. 3. The scheme or interrelation of the tones in a painting. 4. The relationship between the notes and chords of a passage or work that...
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6. Tonality
   In music, tonality is a sense of key orientation in relation to form, for example the step pattern of a dance as expressed by corresponding changes of direction from a tonic or 'home' key to a related key. Most popular and folk music world-wide recognises an underlying tonality or reference pitch ag...
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7. tonality
   difference between the tone level and the level of the masking noise in the critical band around the tone NOTE - The tonality is expressed in decibels.
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8. tonality
   tonality (tōnăl'itē) , in music, quality by which all tones of a composition are heard in relation to a central tone called the keynote or tonic. In music that has harmony the terms key and tonality are practically synonymous, embracing a hierarchy of constituent chords, and a ...
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9. tonality
   In music, refers to the major-minor key system. It is also used as the opposite of atonality
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10. TONALITY
    The overall color effect in terms of hue and value. Often one dominating hue is employed in various shades and values.
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11. Tonality
    `Tonality` is a system of music in which specific hierarchical pitch relationships are based on a key "center", or tonic. The term tonalité originated with Alexandre-Étienne Choron (1810) and was borrowed by François-Joseph Fétis in 1840 (Reti, 1958; Simms 1975, 119; Ju...
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