tonality

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

key modal scale diatonic scale tone leading tone pentatonic major scale pentatonic scale whole tone pantonality

Often followed by

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Word family

tonalities