tonality
English
Etymology
From
French
tonalité
Pronunciation
Rhymes:
-ælɪti
Noun
tonality
(
plural
tonalities
)
(
music
)
The
system
of seven
tones
built on a
tonic
key
; the 24
major
and
minor
scales
.
(
music
)
A
sound
of specific
pitch
and
quality
;
timbre
.
(
music
)
The quality of all the tones in a
composition
heard in
relation
to the tonic.
The
interrelation
of the tones in a
painting
.
Translations
system of seven tones and tonic key
Catalan:
tonalitat
f
Finnish:
tonaalisuus
(fi)
French:
tonalité
(fr)
f
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
tonalitet
m
Nynorsk:
tonalitet
m
Occitan:
tonalitat
f
Russian:
тона́льность
(ru)
f
(
tonálʹnostʹ
)
Swedish:
tonalitet
(sv)
c
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