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- Dictionarytonality/tə(ʊ)ˈnalɪti/
noun
- 1. the character of a piece of music as determined by the key in which it is played or the relations between the notes of a scale or key: "the sonata is noteworthy for its extensive variations of mood and tonality"
- 2. the colour scheme or range of tones used in a picture: "the five canvases are predominantly blue in tonality"
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Tonality is the character of a piece of music or art based on its key or the relation of its tones and chords. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related terms of tonality from Merriam-Webster.
a particular musical scale or key. (Definition of tonality from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of tonality. tonality. The changes to which the recurrence of melodic elements was subjected again constitute an exact correlation to 'floating tonality'.
Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions, and directionality. In this hierarchy the single pitch or triad with the greatest stability is called the tonic.
Tonality definition: the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system.. See examples of TONALITY used in a sentence.
Tonality is a musical term that refers to a particular scale or key. Learn how to use it in different contexts with examples from various sources and translations.
Tonality is the principle of organizing music around a central note, the tonic, and using the notes and chords of major and minor scales. Learn about the history, characteristics, and examples of tonality in Western and non-Western music.
Tonality is the quality of a piece of music that depends on the key in which it is written. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see synonyms and related terms.
