tonal
Origin of tonal
1Other words from tonal
- ton·al·ly, adverb
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How to use tonal in a sentence
Sound quality is quite rich and tonal from 30mm drivers, with little fuzz on the high end or loss of clarity on the lows.
Best noise-cancelling headphones under $100 of 2022 | Nicholas Ware | June 24, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThis new device scans your skin for tonal irregularities, then dispenses a perfectly blended wisp of tinted serum to cover any blemishes.
Skincare gifts that are actually worth the splurge | Rachel Feltman | November 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis makes the title's cockfighting mini-game a bit of a tonal shift from the presentation of wildlife in the rest of the game.
Far Cry 6 Cockfighting Minigame's Replacement Demanded By PETA | noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) | October 7, 2021 | TechCrunchThe question lingers alongside the film’s tonal inconsistencies.
‘Cruella’ is about a puppy killer. Has the origin-story trend gone far enough? | Sonia Rao | May 28, 2021 | Washington PostAccording to Gold, pre-planning—having design files, copy and tonal guidelines ready to go for social pushes— is the key to virtual success.
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Harsh critics insist it's the film's tonal shifts that destroy it.
Hey! Some People Liked Grown Ups 2: Critics Defend The Razzie Nominations | Amy Zimmerman | January 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow could Cardiff lose, they asked, when she was piggybacking on the tonal pleasures of established classical music?
Robert King: My answer would be yes, there were tonal issues.
‘The Good Wife’: Creators Robert and Michelle King on the Season Finale, Alicia and Kalinda, and More | Jace Lacob | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd Romney spoke at a lower pitch and used more tonal amplitude.
Mark McKinnon: Obama Has to Dumb It Down at Hofstra Debate | Mark McKinnon | October 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLook for the Al Franken show to be the tonal opposite of change we can believe in.
The introduction of the balanced Swell pedal (Walcker, 1863) has greatly increased the tonal resources of the organ.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerMany organs now constructed have their tonal effects more than doubled through adoption of this principle.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe Hope-Jones leathered Tibias have already effected a revolution in the tonal structure of large organs.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe tonal stairway which leads up to the chorus of Egypt rose in rasping wailfulness.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins AdamsBut their tonal scale is far different from ours; we have not one musical instrument that can reproduce it.
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park | James Willard Schultz
British Dictionary definitions for tonal
/ (ˈtəʊnəl) /
of or relating to tone
of, relating to, or utilizing the diatonic system; having an established key: Compare atonal
(of an answer in a fugue) not having the same melodic intervals as the subject, so as to remain in the original key
denoting a fugue as having such an answer: Compare real 1 (def. 11)
Derived forms of tonal
- tonally, adverb
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