tonal
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.nəl/us/ˈtoʊ.nəl/tonaladjective(MUSIC)
musicspecialized
relatingto thequalityofsoundof amusicalinstrumentorsingingvoice:
音色；音质Theperformanceshowedoff the tonalpowerandrichnessof thesymphony.
musicspecialized
Tonalmusicismusicthat isbasedonmajorandminorkeys:
（音乐）调性的He hadoriginallyworkedas anightclubpianistand hismusicwas tonal andaccessible.
Compare
atonal
- Thesopranosangwith astunningblendof tonalwarmth,emotionaldepthandprecision.
- Sheshowedgreattonalvarietyin the three Poulenc chansons.
- The second and thirdmovementsfeaturedsomerichtonal texturing andsumptuoussoundsfrom thestringsection.
- Much of themusicwas tonal andcontainedattractivemelodicmaterial.
Technical music terms
- accidental
- aleatory
- andante
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr.
- discord
- dissonance
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- longa
- mike check
- slur
- step
- stepwise
- syncopate
- syncopated
- syncopation
- trill
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Types of music
tonaladjective(LANGUAGE)
language,phoneticsspecialized
expressingdifferencesinmeaningwith the use of differentintonation(= thesoundchangesproducedby theriseandfallof thevoicewhenspeaking)for words that have asimilarsound:
Non-nativespeakerstryingtolearna tonallanguagehavegreatdifficultywithtone.
TonallanguagesincludeChinese, Vietnamese, Lithuanian, and most sub-Saharanlanguages.
- Tonallanguagesalso haveintonationpatternsthat canoverridethebasictoneof the words.
- Thepresentstudyrevealsthat "secondarybabytalk" alsooccursinJapanese, a tonallanguage.
- Most sub-SaharanAfricanlanguagesare tonal.
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
- alveolar
- apheresis
- aphesis
- aphetic
- aspirate
- guttural
- homonym
- laterally
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- phonology
- schwa
- segmental
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology
tonaladjective(COLOUR)
relatingto aformordegreeof acolour:
Theinteriordesignfeaturesthe use of anautumnaltonalcolourpalette.
- Thedesignerscannedtheimagesand gray-scaled them so that they all had the same tonalrange.
- A tonalpaletteofblack,greyandwhite, withbeigeandkhakiinplaces, was used on the mid-lengthdresses.
- Thephotographerwas aninfluentialmasteroflight,form,subtletonalshadinganddarkroomtechniques.
The qualities of colour
- brightly
- brightness
- colourful
- colourfully
- darken
- darkness
- dusky
- flamboyance
- fluorescent
- garish
- harsh
- lurid
- non-fluorescent
- non-yellowing
- pastel
- prismatic
- pure
- riot
- violent
- vivid