tonality
English
noun
Definitions
- (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
- (music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
- (music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
- The interrelation of the tones in a painting.
Etymology
Derived from French tonalité.
Origin
French
tonalité
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atonal English
- atonality English
- monotonality English
- pantonality English
- polytonality English
- polytonalité French
- tonal French
- tonalité French
- tonalitet Norwegian Bokmål
- tonalitet Norwegian Nynorsk