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tonal

[tohn-l]

adjective

Music.
  1. pertaining to or having tonality.



tonal

/ ˈəʊə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to tone

  2. of, relating to, or utilizing the diatonic system; having an established key Compare atonal

    1. (of an answer in a fugue) not having the same melodic intervals as the subject, so as to remain in the original key

    2. denoting a fugue as having such an answer Compare real 1

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • tonally adverb
  • ˈٴDzԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tonal1

1770–80; < Medieval Latin ٴDz . See tone, -al 1
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Both were incredible experiences, but really dark characters and just disturbing stuff, so I felt primed and ready for something tonally different and something that leaned more towards comedy.

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Madigan is fond of the trick that is setting particularly bloody sequences to high-energy, tonally mismatched tunes — Hartnett bashes and stabs his way through everything from punk to polka.

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But aesthetically and tonally, whiffs of affluence are in reach for those who want a taste.

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"Being shot into space on a billionaire's jolly while everyone watches that on social media platforms interspersed with war and the climate crisis... just feels tonally not ideal," he says.

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The unassuming beauty of her singing adds much needed tonal variety.

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