tonal
Having musical key
Tonal relates to tone—the quality of sound, the character of color, or the system of musical keys.
A tonal language like Mandarin uses pitch to distinguish word meanings.
Tonal quality in music refers to richness of sound.
In visual art, tonal values describe the range from light to dark: The painting's tonal contrast creates depth.
Notes sounded simultaneously
- progressionSequential forward movement
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- triadGroup of three
cadence · counterpoint · modulation · polyphony · homophony · dominant · subdominant · mediant
Measure of relative size
- pitchFrequency of sound
- keyLock-opening device
- octaveEight-note interval
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
interval · transposition · major · minor · diatonic · chromatic · dominant · subdominant
Study of verse rhythm
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- accentRegional speech pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
- pitchFrequency of sound
contour · register · rising · falling · phonology · utterance · syllable · emphasis
Frequency of sound
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
oscillation · amplitude · waveform · sustain · reverberation · sonorous · fundamental · harmonic
Importance or price
- contrastNotable difference between things
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
rendering · underpainting · grisaille · modeling · highlights · shadows · midtones · composition
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
- progressionSequential forward movement
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- dissonanceLack of harmony
triad · cadence · counterpoint · modulation · polyphony · homophony · dominant · subdominant · mediant · fugue
scale
Measure of relative size
modulation · interval · transposition · major · minor · diatonic · chromatic · dominant · subdominant · cadence
prosody
Study of verse rhythm
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- accentRegional speech pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
pitch · contour · register · rising · falling · phonology · utterance · syllable · emphasis · cadence
pitch
Frequency of sound
resonance · oscillation · amplitude · waveform · sustain · reverberation · sonorous · fundamental · harmonic · soundwave
value
Importance or price
- contrastNotable difference between things
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
chiaroscuro · rendering · underpainting · grisaille · modeling · highlights · shadows · midtones · composition · balance
value
Importance or price
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
chiaroscuro · monochromatic · contrast · lightness · darkness · rendering · wash · blending · variation · subtlety
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- grayscalegrayscale, monochrome, black, white, gray
- art termspainting, sculpture, drawing, portrait, landscape
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- color schemesmonochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic, neutral
- depiction stylesrealistic, stylized, abstract, representational, figurative
- tone of voiceVocal quality conveying emotion
- tone downReduce intensity or volume
- dial toneSound indicating phone readiness
- set the toneCreate prevailing atmosphere
- tone deafCannot perceive pitch differences
- skin toneBody's surface coloration
tone, tonic, monotone, intonation, intone, undertone, tonalism, toneless, tonality