tonal range

collocation in English

meaningsoftonalandrange

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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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range
noun
uk
/reɪndʒ/us
/reɪndʒ/
a set of ...
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(Definition oftonalandrangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He made albumen and carbon prints, but his preferred medium was the "platinotype" or platinum print process, admired for its permanence and greattonalrange.
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The harder materials increase volume andtonalrange.
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These and other works were painted in heavy impasto and narrowtonalrange.
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It was more vivid, had greatertonalrangeand was more resistant to fading.
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It renders a very full spectrumtonalrangewhen used as a plectrum on stringed instruments.
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It does not have a slide assembly (so that it has less air leakage), and it has a widertonalrangeand dynamic.
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The uniquetonalrangecomes from photogravure's variable depth of etch, that is, the shadows are etched many times deeper than the highlights.
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Thetonalrangeof the final image depends on the characteristics of the display medium.
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The detail andtonalrangeachieved in the images is normal for platinum prints.
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One can see that there is atonalrangefrom light to dark.
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Kallitype images generally have a richertonalrangethan the cyanotype.
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Its use intensifies and extends thetonalrangeof black-and-white photographic images and improves the permanence of prints.
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Upon repetition the phrase is longer, ornamented with melismas, and may possess atonalrangeof over an octave.
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The image quality, sharpness, contrast andtonalrangewere superlative.
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The upright bass produces a different sound than the bass guitar, because its strings are not stopped by metal frets, instead having a continuoustonalrangeon the uninterrupted fingerboard.
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The ramifications of the charango tuning is that there is a very narrowtonalrangein most chords, and so there is a tremendous wall of sound.
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The image took 5 days to produce, in order to reproduce thetonalrangeof the scene, which ranges from a bright lamp (relative to the scene) to dark shadow.
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The image took 5 days to reproduce thetonalrangeof the scene, which ranges from a bright lamp (relative to the scene) to a dark shadow.
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Regrettably rather than extend thetonalrangeof the instrument, electric action allowed octave couplers, and some of the original stops were renamed but not revoiced.
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Adams was able to print directly on the latter paper, which had an exceptionaltonalrangeand a matte surface, and develop it in his darkroom.
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