tonal

Speech parts

1. tonal - Noun

2. tonal - Adjective

Meaning

having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic

employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

tonic back strong color consonant alveolar musical flat broad pitch acoustic harmonic accent checked dorsal
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Antonyms

atonal common low flat ordinary soft
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Phrases with the word

tonal pattern tonal contrast tonal music tonal language tonal system tonal chord

Anagrams

laton notal talon Alton Tolan Tolna

Examples

I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar. Dan Fogelberg

Since light is best expressed through differences in color quality, color should not be handled as a tonal gradation, to produce the effect of light. Hans Hofmann

Music is the tonal analogue of emotive life. Susanne Langer

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. Ansel Adams

Prokofiev's music is usually based on a firm sense of tonality. Whatever tonal uncertainty and ambiguity one experiences, mainly in developmental passages, they are mostly short-lived. Boris Berman

All that interests me is the grey areas, the passages and the tonal sequences, the pictorial spaces, overlaps and interlockings. If I had any way of abandoning the object as the bearer of this structure, I would immediately start painting abstracts. Gerhard Richter

Close letter words and terms

tona tonable tonada tonal center tonal centre tonal chord