tonality
nounUK /təʊnˈæl.ɪ.tiː/ · US /toʊnˈæl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology From French tonalité.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
3
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
4
The interrelation of the tones in a painting.
- Derived terms
- atonality, monotonality, pantonality, polytonality