Tonal
adjective
Related to the pitch or sound in music.
He is practicing his tonal scales on the piano.
Often appears as...
- tonal quality
- tonal range
adjective
Relating to tones or colors, especially regarding their arrangement or harmony.
The artist uses a tonal palette of warm earth colors in his painting.
Often appears as...
- tonal contrast
- tonal balance
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Artistic
adjective
Relating to the tones of a language, especially when these affect the meaning of words.
Mandarin is a tonal language, meaning the tone in which you say a word can change its meaning.
Often appears as...
- tonal languages
- tonal variation
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Academic
adjective
Related to the pitch or sound in music.
He is practicing his tonal scales on the piano.
Often appears as...
- tonal quality
- tonal range
adjective
Relating to tones or colors, especially regarding their arrangement or harmony.
The artist uses a tonal palette of warm earth colors in his painting.
Often appears as...
- tonal contrast
- tonal balance
Usage tips
Artistic
adjective
Relating to the tones of a language, especially when these affect the meaning of words.
Mandarin is a tonal language, meaning the tone in which you say a word can change its meaning.
Often appears as...
- tonal languages
- tonal variation
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/2Music Pratice
Musicians use 'tonal' to discuss sound quality and pitch during rehearsals or training.
Her violin teacher emphasized the importance of tonal accuracy.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Music
'Tonal' may indicate specific cultural music styles that rely on unique pitch arrangements.
The tonal music of Bali involves distinct scales not found in Western traditions.
Pro Tip 1/2Music Pratice
Musicians use 'tonal' to discuss sound quality and pitch during rehearsals or training.
Her violin teacher emphasized the importance of tonal accuracy.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Music
'Tonal' may indicate specific cultural music styles that rely on unique pitch arrangements.
The tonal music of Bali involves distinct scales not found in Western traditions.
Pro Tip 1/2Music Pratice
Musicians use 'tonal' to discuss sound quality and pitch during rehearsals or training.
Her violin teacher emphasized the importance of tonal accuracy.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Music
'Tonal' may indicate specific cultural music styles that rely on unique pitch arrangements.
The tonal music of Bali involves distinct scales not found in Western traditions.
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Prairie Dogs Warning...
coyote and we can hear that it has a series of rhythmic chirps let me stop it at this point we think that each prairie dog has its own individual unique tonal qualities just like humans have different voices and different voice
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Who am I? Think again PIPE...
I said, "Yes. So?" He then explained the tonal differences between male and female voices are very different and distinct, and that I had learned it very well, but in a woman's voice.
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
and the tonally highness Veritas that you'll always get busy or in the cold soft but also other predators like leopards get into action
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Prairie Dogs Warning...
coyote and we can hear that it has a series of rhythmic chirps let me stop it at this point we think that each prairie dog has its own individual unique tonal qualities just like humans have different voices and different voice
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Who am I? Think again PIPE...
I said, "Yes. So?" He then explained the tonal differences between male and female voices are very different and distinct, and that I had learned it very well, but in a woman's voice.
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
and the tonally highness Veritas that you'll always get busy or in the cold soft but also other predators like leopards get into action
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Quote examples
Jon Favreau
American Actor
I think that part of the reason that 'Iron Man' was so successful was that we really chose to break new ground in a new area tonally, cast wise, the way we depict the hero, what his abilities are. It felt fresh in a genre that is beginning to feel stale if it's not done with the proper amount of inspiration and a strong voice or tone.
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Joe Russo
American Director
If you look at what we did with 'Winter Soldier' with the Cap character in terms of bringing him into the modern world, trying to ground the movie tonally into something that was a step toward real-world, at least to the degree you can do that in a superhero movie, that's still the tonal universe that we're playing in 'Civil War.
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David Gilmour
British Musician
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the top. And as an instrument for solos, you can bend notes, draw emotional content out of tiny movements, vibratos and tonal things which even a piano can't do.
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Justin Roiland
American Actor
Tonally, the stuff I want to do in VR will, of course, always have a comedic backbone and be a bit absurdist and colorful with really interesting and bizarre characters but supported by really strong gameplay mechanics.
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J. D. Vance
American Author
I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say the confrontational element of his rhetoric is necessarily attractive.
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Nina Jacobson
American Businesswoman
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination.
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Gary Ross
American Actor
Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful.
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Ansel Adams
American Photographer
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Gavin Bryars
English Composer
Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.
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Dan Fogelberg
American Musician
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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Jon Favreau
American Actor
I think that part of the reason that 'Iron Man' was so successful was that we really chose to break new ground in a new area tonally, cast wise, the way we depict the hero, what his abilities are. It felt fresh in a genre that is beginning to feel stale if it's not done with the proper amount of inspiration and a strong voice or tone.
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Joe Russo
American Director
If you look at what we did with 'Winter Soldier' with the Cap character in terms of bringing him into the modern world, trying to ground the movie tonally into something that was a step toward real-world, at least to the degree you can do that in a superhero movie, that's still the tonal universe that we're playing in 'Civil War.
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David Gilmour
British Musician
It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the top. And as an instrument for solos, you can bend notes, draw emotional content out of tiny movements, vibratos and tonal things which even a piano can't do.
Quote examples
Justin Roiland
American Actor
Tonally, the stuff I want to do in VR will, of course, always have a comedic backbone and be a bit absurdist and colorful with really interesting and bizarre characters but supported by really strong gameplay mechanics.
Quote examples
J. D. Vance
American Author
I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say the confrontational element of his rhetoric is necessarily attractive.
Quote examples
Nina Jacobson
American Businesswoman
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination.
Quote examples
Gary Ross
American Actor
Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful.
Quote examples
Ansel Adams
American Photographer
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
Quote examples
Gavin Bryars
English Composer
Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.
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Dan Fogelberg
American Musician
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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