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tonalities

tonalities is the plural of tonality.

Meaning of tonality

Noun

tonality (countable and uncountable, plural tonalities)

  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.

Questions about tonalities

What is tonalities the plural of?
Tonalities is the plural of tonality.

Words near tonalities in the dictionary

  1. tonalists
  2. tonalite
  3. tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite
  4. tonalites
  5. tonalitic
  6. tonalities
  7. tonalitive
  8. tonality
  9. tonalization
  10. tonally
  11. tonalpohualli

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