tonaladj.n.

/ˈtəʊnəl/

Etymology: < medieval Latin tonālis (St. Bernard of Cluny), < tonus tone n.: see -al suffix¹; compare modern French tonal (Littré).

A. adj. Of or pertaining to tone or tones.

1. Music.

†a. Pertaining to the ecclesiastical modes.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > mode > medieval mode

tonal1776

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. iii. ix. 354 The first [discourse]..is on..Guidonian music.., the one [part] treating of Manual, i.e. elementary music..and the other of Tonal music, containing the doctrine of the ecclesiastical tones.

b. Applied to a fugue, or a sequence, in which the repetitions of the subject in different positions are all in the same key, and therefore vary in their intervals: opposed to real adj.² 9c.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > movement of parts > specific

unformal1597

transgressive1761

consecutive1819

hidden1869

tonal1869

ostinato1876

direct1880

sequential?1890

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xix. 160 (note) In the early days of counterpoint a tonal fugue was one in which the relations of the subject and answer were governed by the old Church modes.

1879 F. A. G. Ouseley in Grove Dict. Music I. 567 In most cases the answer [to the subject of a fugue] has to be modified according to certain rules to avoid modulating out of the key... An answer so treated is called a ‘tonal answer’, and the fugue is called a ‘Tonal fugue’.

1889 E. Prout Harmony v. §138 The intervals..differ in quality according to their position in the scale... Such a sequence is termed a tonal sequence.

c. Of tonality; pertaining to music written in keys. Opposed to atonal adj.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style by tonal organization

tonal1884

1884 G. Oakey Text Bk. Harmony viii. 51 A sequence..in which the intervals belong to one scale, is termed..a Tonal Sequence.

1922 A. E. Hull in Musical Opinion Oct. 48/1 I have been working for two years at a system of non-tonal harmony, which I had long been unable to christen. Now, after visiting no less than seven foreign countries I not only find that the thing is widely known as Atonality, but [etc.].

1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 205/1 With the development of polyphony, tonality becomes as important as the concord-discord system itself; and, indeed, that system could not have existed without tonal guidance at every point.

1978 P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music ii. 23 Sibelius's long silence..may suggest the difficulty of maintaining tonal composition in the twentieth century.

2. Of, pertaining, or relating to the tone or tones. Of speech or a language: expressing difference of meaning by variation of tone.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [adjective] > tonal

tonal1866

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > intonation

tonic1849

intoned1854

tonal1866

intonational1895

tonetic1922

1866 Athenæum 24 Mar. 404/1 The multiplicity of tonal divagations.

1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony i. 11 Ambrose..called the modes he adopted according to their tonal ascent, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

1886 C. Trotter in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 774/1 But [Shan] is a tonal language, and the vowel sounds are few, so that some have two or three values assigned them.

1896 F. Niecks Paper bef. Congr. Incorp. Soc. Mus. The Association of Tonal and Verbal Speech.

3. Pertaining to or characterized by shades of colour or effects of light and shade. Cf. tone n. 10a, 10b.

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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone

tonal1910

multitone1965

multitoned1979

1910 S. J. Solomon Pract. Oil Painting vi. 62 The same method is applicable in arriving at a similar decision with regard to the relation of shadows, all intervening tones, and the general tonal aspect of the whole figure.

1931 J. H. Brown Water-colour Guidance x. 192 Present~day colour work..has tended to divert the colourist's attention from the tonal aspect of painting.

1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage i. 4 (caption) As one fabric is used throughout, there are no contrasts of colour or texture, and the design relies for interest on the tonal pattern made by the shadows.

1980 Economist 20 Aug. 62/1 Plain and tonal designs—mingled colours, but no pattern—are the fashion.

1980 Economist 20 Aug. 62/2 Tonal carpets are what the customer wants.

†B. n. (medieval Latin tonāle).

A book containing a summary of the rules governing ecclesiastical music, with examples. Cf. the tonārius ‘liber de tonis seu cantu’ (Du Cange). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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society > faith > worship > church music > [noun] > book of rules for composing

tonal?a1500

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > music book > church music

tonal?a1500

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) f. 3^v/2 Hoc tonale, a tonal.

Derivatives

ˈtonally adv. in respect of tone.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adverb] > timbre or quality

tonally1883

1883 E. Gurney Tertium Quid (1887) II. 22 Bits that are rhythmically and tonally coherent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tonal
释义	tonaladj.n. /ˈtəʊnəl/ Etymology: < medieval Latin tonālis (St. Bernard of Cluny), < tonus tone n.: see -al suffix¹; compare modern French tonal (Littré). A. adj. Of or pertaining to tone or tones. 1. Music. †a. Pertaining to the ecclesiastical modes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > mode > medieval mode tonal1776 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. iii. ix. 354 The first [discourse]..is on..Guidonian music.., the one [part] treating of Manual, i.e. elementary music..and the other of Tonal music, containing the doctrine of the ecclesiastical tones. b. Applied to a fugue, or a sequence, in which the repetitions of the subject in different positions are all in the same key, and therefore vary in their intervals: opposed to real adj.² 9c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > movement of parts > specific unformal1597 transgressive1761 consecutive1819 hidden1869 tonal1869 ostinato1876 direct1880 sequential?1890 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xix. 160 (note) In the early days of counterpoint a tonal fugue was one in which the relations of the subject and answer were governed by the old Church modes. 1879 F. A. G. Ouseley in Grove Dict. Music I. 567 In most cases the answer [to the subject of a fugue] has to be modified according to certain rules to avoid modulating out of the key... An answer so treated is called a ‘tonal answer’, and the fugue is called a ‘Tonal fugue’. 1889 E. Prout Harmony v. §138 The intervals..differ in quality according to their position in the scale... Such a sequence is termed a tonal sequence. c. Of tonality; pertaining to music written in keys. Opposed to atonal adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style by tonal organization tonal1884 1884 G. Oakey Text Bk. Harmony viii. 51 A sequence..in which the intervals belong to one scale, is termed..a Tonal Sequence. 1922 A. E. Hull in Musical Opinion Oct. 48/1 I have been working for two years at a system of non-tonal harmony, which I had long been unable to christen. Now, after visiting no less than seven foreign countries I not only find that the thing is widely known as Atonality, but [etc.]. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 205/1 With the development of polyphony, tonality becomes as important as the concord-discord system itself; and, indeed, that system could not have existed without tonal guidance at every point. 1978 P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music ii. 23 Sibelius's long silence..may suggest the difficulty of maintaining tonal composition in the twentieth century. 2. Of, pertaining, or relating to the tone or tones. Of speech or a language: expressing difference of meaning by variation of tone. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [adjective] > tonal tonal1866 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > intonation tonic1849 intoned1854 tonal1866 intonational1895 tonetic1922 1866 Athenæum 24 Mar. 404/1 The multiplicity of tonal divagations. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony i. 11 Ambrose..called the modes he adopted according to their tonal ascent, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. 1886 C. Trotter in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 774/1 But [Shan] is a tonal language, and the vowel sounds are few, so that some have two or three values assigned them. 1896 F. Niecks Paper bef. Congr. Incorp. Soc. Mus. The Association of Tonal and Verbal Speech. 3. Pertaining to or characterized by shades of colour or effects of light and shade. Cf. tone n. 10a, 10b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone tonal1910 multitone1965 multitoned1979 1910 S. J. Solomon Pract. Oil Painting vi. 62 The same method is applicable in arriving at a similar decision with regard to the relation of shadows, all intervening tones, and the general tonal aspect of the whole figure. 1931 J. H. Brown Water-colour Guidance x. 192 Present~day colour work..has tended to divert the colourist's attention from the tonal aspect of painting. 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage i. 4 (caption) As one fabric is used throughout, there are no contrasts of colour or texture, and the design relies for interest on the tonal pattern made by the shadows. 1980 Economist 20 Aug. 62/1 Plain and tonal designs—mingled colours, but no pattern—are the fashion. 1980 Economist 20 Aug. 62/2 Tonal carpets are what the customer wants. †B. n. (medieval Latin tonāle). A book containing a summary of the rules governing ecclesiastical music, with examples. Cf. the tonārius ‘liber de tonis seu cantu’ (Du Cange). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > [noun] > book of rules for composing tonal?a1500 society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > music book > church music tonal?a1500 ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) f. 3^v/2 Hoc tonale, a tonal. Derivatives ˈtonally adv. in respect of tone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adverb] > timbre or quality tonally1883 1883 E. Gurney Tertium Quid (1887) II. 22 Bits that are rhythmically and tonally coherent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.?a1500
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