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Tonality

The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.

📖 Definitions of "Tonality"

noun

1
The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
2
A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
3
The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
4
The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

🔄 Synonyms of "Tonality"

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Word	Definition
keynoun	(countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.

↔️ Antonyms of "Tonality"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
atonalitynoun	(uncountable, music) A style of music that is written without a key.
atonalismnoun	The school of atonal musical composition

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tonality"

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Word	Definition
keynoun	(countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
modal scalenoun	(music) A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music.
diatonic scalenoun	(music) A seven-note musical scale consisting of five tones and two diatonic semitones, formed by stacking six perfect fifths.
tonenoun	(music) A specific pitch.
leading tonenoun	(music) scale degree seven when the first scale degree is one half step higher than the seventh scale degree
pentatonic	(music) Based on five tones.
major scalenoun	(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
pentatonic scalenoun	(music) A scale having five notes per octave.
whole tonenoun	(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.
pantonalitynoun	(music) Twelve-tone music, seen as an extension of tonality to all keys (rather than to no key).
tonal centernoun	(music) The final, resolving note of a scale.
tonicnoun	A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
whole-tone scalenoun	(music) a scale with intervals of only whole steps
diatonicismnoun	(music) The use of the diatonic scale.
septenarynoun	A group of seven things.
tetrachordnoun	(music) Any set of four different pitch classes.
chromatic scalenoun	(music) A scale including all intervals of a particular tuning within an octave.
seventhnoun	The person or thing in the seventh position.
sharp	Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
theoretical keynoun	(music theory) A key signature which has eight or more sharps or seven flats. In music using twelve-tone equal temperament its pitch coincides with its enharmonic, while in most other equal temperament tunings most enharmonic equivalences between key signatures regularly go beyond simple sharps and flats.