tonal
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- adjective
- /ˈtoʊnəl/
- Specialized
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tonal
- In this jazz piece, the tonal variations add depth to the overall sound.
- tonal patterns
- tonal harmony
- tonal melodies
This would be more considered a tonality here or an A tonal chord, but.
- This would be more considered a tonality here or an A tonal chord, but.
- You're getting the idea of tonal dynamics.
- There's one more final surge that is actually a bi tonal section, so it's triads over bass notes.
Examples
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Compared to previous Blues, Prussian blue was more vivid, had greater tonal range and most importantly, didn't fade.
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And he had the tonal quality that those characters have.
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And this is just a little out of my tonal range that I reach for.
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OK, so the story has a very dramatic tonal shift here, right?
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For the lips, it's going to also be in the same tonal family.
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Mostly, you recognize tonal and rhythm patterns that you have performed many times before.
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You're getting the idea of tonal dynamics.
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To what degree does tonal context affect participants' ability to accurately identify performance errors?
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Film has a much broader tonal range than prints, so you're starting from a higher level.
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First, we must consider musical processing with regard to tonal, melodic, and rhythmic perception.
Academic text (2015)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The pattern of high and low voice sounds in a language that change the meaning of words
How Tonal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tonal comes from the root tone, from Latin tonus, meaning 'tone' or 'sound', and it is the same root as the familiar word tonic. So tonal music is music built around a central 'tone' or key.