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tonality|təʊˈnælɪtɪ|
[f. tonal a. + -ity: so mod.F. tonalité (1866 in Littré).]
Tonal quality.
1. Mus.
a. The relation, or sum of relations, between the tones or notes of a scale or musical system; spec. in modern music, = key n. 7 c; hence transf. a particular scale or system of tones; in modern music = key n. 7 b.
1838G. F. Graham Mus. Comp. App. 68 The peculiar tonalities of many old national airs. 1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 568 Grafting..more elegant melodic forms, improved rhythm, and the modern ‘tonality’ on the sustained grandeur of the old masters. 1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sc., etc., 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. 1875Ouseley Mus. 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.
1932J. 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. 1957Encycl. Brit. XI. 205/2 Palestrina's tonality is one of the most mature and subtle things in music. 1978P. 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.
1866Sat. 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. 1884Athenæum 24 May 668 The tonality of the picture is very good, although the illumination is in a low key. 1890Talbot Archer in Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 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.
1948R. A. D. Forrest Chinese Lang. i. 26 All the languages which we group under the term Sinitic have..a tendency to develop significant tonality. 1956Jakobson & Halle Fundamentals 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. 1973Archivum Linguisticum IV. 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. |