Dictionary entry
Tonality
Pronunciation: /tə(ʊ)ˈnalɪti/
Pronunciation
/tə(ʊ)ˈnalɪti/
Myanmar Meaning
(music) ဂီတ သံစဉ်၏ အသံအရည်အသွေး။
Definition
tonal /'tǝƱnl/ adj ၁။ တက္က်သံ (ဆိုင္ေသာ၊ ရိွေသာ)။ ၂။ ( music ) စနစ္တက်ဂီတသံစဥ္ (ရိွေသာ၊ အေျချပဳ ေသာ၊ ကြၽမ္းေသာ)။ ❏ tonality /tǝƱ'nælǝti/ n [U,C] ( music ) ဂီတ သံစဥ္၏ အသံအရည္အေသြး။
Examples
- ‘Her subtle shading
- elegant phrasing
- and expressive tonal colors were even more impressive.’
- ‘His formula gives an exceptionally brilliant tonal rendition and a very cool image color.’
- ‘His sense of rhythmic freedom
- elasticity of phrasing
- romantic ardor
- and caressing tonal hues set a new standard for the four Chopin Ballades.’
- ‘It is always refreshing to experience an outstanding début concert
- especially when the artists display a balance of tonal beauty with insightful involving musicianship.’
- ‘Her beautiful tonal shadings made the 1912 cycle Coleccion de Tonadillas Escritas en Estilo Antiguo by Enrique Granados a musical delight.’
- ‘A lack of warm cantabile tone
- tone subtleties and tonal gradation impoverished the rich melodic lines of the mentioned works.’
- ‘She manages beautifully subtle shifts in tempo without crossing over into the soupy
- and she applies a large palette of tonal color tastefully.’
- ‘I always went along when Dad played the organ and one day I started helping to pull the registers
- something that maybe had an early influence on the choice of tonal colors that now play an important role in my job.’
- ‘Feldman specifies many tonal colors that the musicians go to pains to reproduce accurately and engagingly.’
- ‘Eschewing the brilliant primaries of his still lifes of the 1920s
- he limits himself to only a few colours
- creating a tonal harmony closer perhaps to the work of fellow Iona painter George Houston than to the other colourists.’
- ‘The Schubert was likewise a weaving of wonderful tonal colors and pianistic power.’
- ‘But both composers weave melodic material and unusual tonal colors in a way that is accessible
- and worthy of repeated listening.’
- ‘The attractive tonal colours derived from some fresh sounding natural horns and focused woodwind
- as well as a superb string tone.’
- ‘One rule of thumb is that muted pinks in the warmer tonal families will generally flatter almost any skin color or tone regardless of age.’
- ‘The gorgeous tonal colors of this music have rarely glistened so brightly!’
- ‘Backgrounds become darker and colours more tonal.’
- ‘The colors are primaries and secondaries
- rich and tonal
- with an occasional warm gray or black thrown in.’
- ‘All this music needs is a virtuoso with technique to burn and a grand array of tonal colors.’
- ‘Putting that aside and simply listening to the sound itself
- one hears a voice of remarkable purity and tonal beauty along with a command of style and color that any singer would kill for.’
- ‘His dazzling virtuosity and sweeping tonal palette made the music truly live.’