tonal harmony

collocation in English

meaningsoftonalandharmony

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tonal
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.nəl/us
/ˈtoʊ.nəl/
musicspecialized
relating to the quality of sound of a musical instrument or ...
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harmony
noun
uk
/ˈhɑː.mə.ni/us
/ˈhɑːr.mə.ni/
a pleasant musical sound made by different notes being played or sung at the ...
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(Definition oftonalandharmonyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The pitch relationships in this section suggest a harmonic function which could be consistent withtonalharmony.
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This is reinforced by the evidence of his music, which generally reveals a strong, clear command of both counterpoint and emergingtonalharmony.
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They might feature simple, jazz-tingedtonalharmonysampled from drum 'n' bass tracks, or be modal in nature.
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If included at all, it has been typical only to use composition exercises as means of teaching rudiments oftonalharmonyand form, or of counterpoint and the like.
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After the unison and octave intervals, the "perfect fifth" is the most important interval intonalharmony.
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As opposed to the classical approach totonalharmony, in jazz there are only three functions: tonic, subdominant and dominant.
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With his pupils, he advocated simple design, economy of means, the avoidance of over-labored technique, and thetonalharmonyof the final result.
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Both works make use of wrong-note dissonance and mixtonalharmonywith modal harmony.
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The most obvious change is that the earlier composer had suggested a background of straightforward tonal harmonies, based around melodic sequences.
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The term modulation invokes the analogous and more familiar term in analyses oftonalharmony, wherein a pitch or pitch interval serves as a bridge between two keys.
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Both accompaniment and solo flamenco guitar are based as much on modal as tonal harmonies; most often, both are combined.
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Using a shuffle rhythm, the track calls upon the saxophone for embellishments, whilst tonal harmonies between the two guitars evoke a strong melody.
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Schoenberg's idea in developing the technique was for it to replace those structural differentiations provided formerly by tonal harmonies.
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