tunelessness
Absence of harmony
Tunelessness is the quality of lacking melody or musical pitch.
A tuneless singer produces sounds that don't form a recognizable tune; tuneless humming grates rather than soothes.
The word describes both inability to carry a tune and music so discordant it seems to have none: The tunelessness of his whistling drove everyone from the room.
Wrong pitch, musically
- pitchyMusically off-target
- flatLacking vertical variation
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- monotoneSingle unvarying pitch
tone-deaf · unmelodic · unmusical · sour · wavering · droning · atonal · unpitched
Disturbingly incongruous
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
- clashingStriking with discord
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- discordantLacking musical agreement
unharmonious · grinding · rasping · scraping · squealing · abrasive · jangling · displeasing
off-key
Wrong pitch, musically
monotone · tone-deaf · unmelodic · unmusical · sour · wavering · droning · atonal · unpitched · untrained
jarring
Disturbingly incongruous
discordant · unharmonious · grinding · rasping · scraping · squealing · abrasive · jangling · displeasing · unpleasant
noise
Unwanted auditory disturbance
clatter · jangle · blare · squawk · clang · raucous · strident · harsh · earsplitting · caterwauling
tunelessnesstunefulness
Quality of pleasing sound
melodiousness · musicality · lyricism · cantabile · melody
tunelessnessharmoniousness
Quality of agreeable arrangement
harmony · consonance · euphony · sonorousness · pleasantness
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