"tonality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tonalities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From French tonalité. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|tonalité}} French tonalité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tonality (countable and uncountable, plural tonalities)
  1. (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (system of seven tones and tonic key): тана́льнасць (tanálʹnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), тона́лност (tonálnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tonalitat [feminine] (Catalan), 調性 (Chinese Mandarin), 调性 (diàoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), tonalitet [common-gender] (Danish), tonaalisuus (Finnish), tonalité [feminine] (French), тоналдық (tonaldyq) (Kazakh), үндестілік (ündestılık) (Kazakh), tonalitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tonalitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tonalitat [feminine] (Occitan), tonalność [feminine] (Polish), tonalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), тона́льность (tonálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), tonalitet [common-gender] (Swedish), тона́льність (tonálʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tonality-en-noun-MMTFQPRX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 36 27 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'system of seven tones and tonic key': 56 9 29 7
  2. (music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tonality-en-noun--3LSZ1g- Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tonality-en-noun-BAQdRBkp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 36 27 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. The interrelation of the tones in a painting. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tonality-en-noun-c17F0Ir6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 36 27

Inflected forms

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