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For whatever reason, the films I gravitate towards do have these strange sort of tonal balances to them... I kind of realized on '50/ 50' why I liked these blending of tones, because I think it's kind of what life is like: funny one minute, sad the next, scary the next.
Jonathan Levine

Meaning of "tonal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TONAL

tonal  [ˈtəʊnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tonal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tonal in the English dictionary

The definition of tonal in the dictionary is of or relating to tone. Other definition of tonal is not having the same melodic intervals as the subject, so as to remain in the original key.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TONAL


atonal
eɪˈtəʊnəl
azonal
eɪˈzəʊnəl
baritonal
ˌbærɪˈtəʊnəl
bitonal
ˌbaɪˈtəʊnəl
bizonal
ˌbaɪˈzəʊnəl
clonal
ˈkləʊnəl
ecotonal
iːkəˈtəʊnəl
hormonal
hɔːˈməʊnəl
interzonal
ˌɪntəˈzəʊnəl
microtonal
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈtəʊnəl
monoclonal
ˌmɒnəʊˈkləʊnəl
neurohormonal
ˌnjʊərəʊˌhɔːˈməʊnəl
neuronal
njʊəˈrəʊnəl
nonhormonal
ˌnɒnhɔːˈməʊnəl
nontonal
ˌnɒnˈtəʊnəl
patronal
pəˈtrəʊnəl
polyclonal
ˌpɒlɪˈkləʊnəl
polytonal
ˌpɒlɪˈtəʊnəl
semitonal
ˈsemɪˌtəʊnəl
zonal
ˈzəʊnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TONAL

ton
ton-up
ton-up boys
tonal music
tonal value
tonalite
tonalities
tonalitive
tonality
tonally
tonant
Tonbridge
tondi
tondino
tondo
tone
tone arm
tone cluster
tone colour
tone control

WORDS THAT END LIKE TONAL

additional
constitutional
conventional
educational
emotional
exceptional
functional
institutional
international
national
operational
optional
personal
professional
promotional
regional
seasonal
the National
traditional
transitional

Synonyms and antonyms of tonal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tonal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TONAL

Find out the translation of tonal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tonal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tonal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

色调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tonal
570 millions of speakers

English

tonal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तानवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نغمي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тональный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tonal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বরসংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tonal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tonal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tonal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

音色の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tonal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về âm điệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ध्वनीचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tonal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tonale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tonalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тональний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tonal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τονική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tonale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tonal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tonal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tonal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TONAL»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tonal

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7 QUOTES WITH «TONAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tonal.
1
Ansel Adams
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
2
Gavin Bryars
Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.
3
Gavin Bryars
I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.
4
John Corigliano
Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it.
5
Dan Fogelberg
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
6
Nina Jacobson
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination.
7
Jonathan Levine
For whatever reason, the films I gravitate towards do have these strange sort of tonal balances to them... I kind of realized on '50/ 50' why I liked these blending of tones, because I think it's kind of what life is like: funny one minute, sad the next, scary the next.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TONAL»

Discover the use of tonal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tonal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Form in tonal music: an introduction to analysis
Providing specific help on every aspect of musical analysis, this text uses many of the compositions found in Charles Burkhart's ANTHOLOGY FOR MUSICAL ANALYSIS, but it allows students the freedom to explore works that they already own.
Douglass Marshall Green, 1979
2
Tonal Pitch Space
Building on the foundation of Lerdahl and Jackendoff's influential A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, this volume presents a multidimensional model of diatonic and chromatic spaces that quantifies listeners' intuitions of the relative ...
Fred Lerdahl, 2001
3
Tonal and Rhythm Patterns: An Objective Analysis
More than 10,000 grade-school students across the United States participated in three years of testing which produced the data interpreted in this new book.
Edwin Gordon, 1976
4
Understanding Post-Tonal Music
Understanding Post-Tonal Music explores the compositional and musical processes of twentieth-century post-tonal music. The book is intended for undergraduate or general graduate courses on the theory and analysis of twentieth-century music.
Miguel Roig-Francoli, 2008
5
The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint
Ex. 10-4 tonal adjustment tonal adjustment tonal adjustment Briefly put, in a tonal A a strong dominant pitch ai or near the head ofthe S is answered by the tonic pitch in the tonic key at the corresponding point in the A and, because the A is at  ...
Thomas Benjamin, 2003
6
Tonal Structures in Early Music
To return to the opening question: What are we seeking when we set out to identify tonal structure in a piece or within a defined repertory of music? Do we expect to find single, hegemonic tonal centers, or are we open to shifting or ambiguous ...
Cristle Collins Judd, 2014
7
Introduction to post-tonal theory
Emphasizing hands-on contact with the musicthrough playing, singing, listening, and analyzingthis book provides six chapters on theory, each illustrated with musical examples and fully worked-out analyses, all drawn largely from the ...
Joseph Nathan Straus, 2005
8
Structure and Meaning in Tonal Music: Festschrift in Honor ...
His influence, both as a teacher and through his writings, is incalculable. Yet as known to his colleagues, students, and friends, Carl Schachter the man is equally remarkable. The essays in this book reflect both aspects of his influence.
L. Poundie Burstein, David Gagné, 2006
9
Expanding Tonal Awareness: A Musical Exploration of the ...
This book charts a practical path toward a deepened musical understanding.
Heiner Ruland, 1992
10
Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi
"The book combines theory and practice, discussing the theoretical aspects and practical realization of the arrangement of tonal space in terms of their contemporary reception.
Bella Brover-Lubovsky, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tonal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Tonal Shift in the Long Hot Summer of Trump
... fire marshal eventually closed the doors on the 4,200-capacity venue—with his harsh line on undocumented immigrants, Trump made an important tonal pivot ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
2
Katty Kay: 'There is This Tonal Problem' With Clinton, She Looks …
BBC reporter and Morning Joe panelist Katty Kay said Wednesday that Hillary Clinton has a “tonal problem“ that came across in her first national interview of the ... «Washington Free Beacon, Jul 15»
3
Tonal flips test 'Faith of Our Fathers'
The discovery of a box containing the hand-written correspondence from Vietnam of a young man's late father serves as a truth-seeking link to the past for his ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
4
A tonal shift in planning philosophy
SUBMITTED PHOTO - Planning Commissioner John LaMotte calls the citys current Community Development Code cumbersome. When Hallinan Heights ... «Pamplin Media Group, May 15»
5
Outfit envy: Kim Kardashian's tonal style
Kim Kardashian is a woman who really understands the concept of tone-on-tone dressing. Kitting yourself out head to toe in different shades of the same colour ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
6
Two Tonal Colorways of the Nike Huarache NM Releasing In May
Nike Sportswear's new re-imagination of the Nike Air Huarache as a roped-up, Free-soled lifestyle silhouette is now coming up in two of the brand's favorite ... «Sneaker News, Mar 15»
7
adidas Originals Tubular Runner "Tonal Pack"
Just a couple days ago we saw the adidas Originals Tubular Runner go two-toned, and now the popular lifestyle silhouette goes single-toned with the “Tonal ... «Sneaker News, Feb 15»
8
Chinese speakers use more of their brain than English speakers
The report is the first to conclude that those who speak tonal languages like Mandarin exhibit a very different flow of information during speech comprehension, ... «Quartz, Feb 15»
9
Autism's impact on language is independent of native tongue
In tonal languages such as Mandarin, Thai and Vietnamese, a single word often has several different meanings depending on whether the pitch of a syllable ... «SFARI News, Feb 15»
10
Shop the Snapshot: Try a Tonal Suit as Seen On the Derek Lam …
The key is to keep it tonal, and to make sure it's perfectly tailored. Get the runway-inspired look with our picks (above): J. Crew sweater, $85; jcrew.com. Richard ... «InStyle, Feb 15»

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