About The Word Tonality
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Tonality
Tonality Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tonality?
[n] any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tonality: key Related Terms | Find terms related to Tonality: See Also | musical notation Tonality In Webster's Dictionary \To*nal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. tonalit['e].] (Mus.)
The principle of key in music; the character which a
composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written,
or through the family relationship of all its tones and
chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
The predominance of the tonic as the link which
connects all the tones of a piece, we may, with
F['e]tis, term the principle of tonality. --Helmholtz.
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