tonality

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Classic period had established a common musical language based on tonality, and each composer of the

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  1. noun Music A system or an arrangement of seven tones built on a tonic key.
  2. noun Music The arrangement of all the tones and chords of a composition in relation to a tonic.
  3. noun The scheme or interrelation of the tones in a painting.

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  • For me it's also about tonality, about audiences, about the depth of information, the macke-up and about the control of where my stuff appears. —  pixelsebi repository
  • By an interesting coincidence, this month also brings the fiftieth anniversary of the tonality-rejuvenating phenomenon of minimalism - insofar as anyone can define a late twentieth-century musical movement that has caused endless terminological angst. —  Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
  • The rest is your voice tonality (38 percent) and your body language at 55 percent. —  The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness
  • There are obvious studies of realistic (or at least conventional) tonality, like the late-Romantic —  artforum.com
  • Elzubeir says media monitoring goes beyond media clippings and he puts forth the view that only qualitative analysis, which includes share of voice, share of favorable discussions, tonality, perception analysis, mass advocacy indexes and key messages penetrations will help companies emerge victorious in troubled times. —  AME Info Latest News
 

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