tonalityn.

/təʊˈnalɪti/

Etymology: < tonal adj. + -ity suffix: so modern French tonalité (1866 in Littré).

Tonal quality.

1. Music.

a. The relation, or sum of relations, between the tones or notes of a scale or musical system; spec. in modern music, = key n.¹ 17c; hence transferred a particular scale or system of tones; in modern music = key n.¹ 17b.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > key > tonality

modulation1721

tonality1838

key1841

1838 G. F. Graham Ess. Theory & Pract. Musical Composition App. 68 The peculiar tonalities of many old national airs.

1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 568 Grafting..more elegant melodic forms, improved rhythm, and the modern ‘tonality’ on the sustained grandeur of the old masters.

1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 806/1 Tonality..is used generally to denote that peculiarity which modern music possesses, in consequence of its being written in definite keys, thereby conforming to certain defined arrangements of tones and semitones in the diatonic scale.

1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 5 A Melody, if it is to produce a pleasing effect..must be written in some definite tonality.

b. The principle or practice of organizing musical composition around a key note or tonic.

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

tonality1932

1932 J. Yasser Theory Evolving Tonality 375 Tonality, a principle which organically and tonocentrically unites the function of a certain number of systematically arranged sounds..in their melodic and harmonic aspects.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 205/2 Palestrina's tonality is one of the most mature and subtle things in music.

1978 P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music iii. 39 Berg's opera differs from Schoenberg's monodrama in its direct references back to tonality.

2. Painting. The quality of a painting in respect of tone; the general tone or colour-scheme of a picture: see quots.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > general effect or scheme

colour1661

colouring1706

natural colour1720

coloration1778

palette1782

tonality1866

scheme1884

colour tone1896

1866 Sat. Rev. 27 Jan. 117/1 Much of the value of a painting depends on the completeness of its tonality,..The tonalité of a picture is the proportionate arrangement, and especially the accurate subdivision of tones, both with regard to colour and to relative lightness and darkness.

1884 Athenæum 24 May 668 The tonality of the picture is very good, although the illumination is in a low key.

1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 218 By ‘tone’ or ‘tonality’ is here meant the correct rendering, in black and white, of any natural object—as a landscape, a portrait, etc.

3. Linguistics. The differentiation of words, phrases, or syllables by a change in the pitch of the voice.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation > pitch > differentiation of words, etc., by change in pitch

tonality1948

1948 R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. i. 26 All the languages which we group under the term Sinitic have..a tendency to develop significant tonality.

1956 R. Jakobson & M. Halle Fund. of Lang. iii. 29 All the inherent features are divided into two classes that might be termed sonority features and tonality features,..the latter [akin] to the prosodic pitch features.

1973 Archivum Linguisticum 4 23 The ‘paratonality system’ determines the relationship between sentences and paratone groups in the same way as the tonality system relates clauses and tone~groups.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	tonality
释义	tonalityn. /təʊˈnalɪti/ Etymology: < tonal adj. + -ity suffix: so modern French tonalité (1866 in Littré). Tonal quality. 1. Music. a. The relation, or sum of relations, between the tones or notes of a scale or musical system; spec. in modern music, = key n.¹ 17c; hence transferred a particular scale or system of tones; in modern music = key n.¹ 17b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > key > tonality modulation1721 tonality1838 key1841 1838 G. F. Graham Ess. Theory & Pract. Musical Composition App. 68 The peculiar tonalities of many old national airs. 1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 568 Grafting..more elegant melodic forms, improved rhythm, and the modern ‘tonality’ on the sustained grandeur of the old masters. 1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 806/1 Tonality..is used generally to denote that peculiarity which modern music possesses, in consequence of its being written in definite keys, thereby conforming to certain defined arrangements of tones and semitones in the diatonic scale. 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 5 A Melody, if it is to produce a pleasing effect..must be written in some definite tonality. b. The principle or practice of organizing musical composition around a key note or tonic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > style by tonal organization tonality1932 1932 J. Yasser Theory Evolving Tonality 375 Tonality, a principle which organically and tonocentrically unites the function of a certain number of systematically arranged sounds..in their melodic and harmonic aspects. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 205/2 Palestrina's tonality is one of the most mature and subtle things in music. 1978 P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music iii. 39 Berg's opera differs from Schoenberg's monodrama in its direct references back to tonality. 2. Painting. The quality of a painting in respect of tone; the general tone or colour-scheme of a picture: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > general effect or scheme colour1661 colouring1706 natural colour1720 coloration1778 palette1782 tonality1866 scheme1884 colour tone1896 1866 Sat. Rev. 27 Jan. 117/1 Much of the value of a painting depends on the completeness of its tonality,..The tonalité of a picture is the proportionate arrangement, and especially the accurate subdivision of tones, both with regard to colour and to relative lightness and darkness. 1884 Athenæum 24 May 668 The tonality of the picture is very good, although the illumination is in a low key. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 218 By ‘tone’ or ‘tonality’ is here meant the correct rendering, in black and white, of any natural object—as a landscape, a portrait, etc. 3. Linguistics. The differentiation of words, phrases, or syllables by a change in the pitch of the voice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > intonation > pitch > differentiation of words, etc., by change in pitch tonality1948 1948 R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. i. 26 All the languages which we group under the term Sinitic have..a tendency to develop significant tonality. 1956 R. Jakobson & M. Halle Fund. of Lang. iii. 29 All the inherent features are divided into two classes that might be termed sonority features and tonality features,..the latter [akin] to the prosodic pitch features. 1973 Archivum Linguisticum 4 23 The ‘paratonality system’ determines the relationship between sentences and paratone groups in the same way as the tonality system relates clauses and tone~groups. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1838
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