tonal
[tohn-l]
- pertaining to or having tonality.
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Origin of tonal
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Contemporary Examples
Tonally, however, it is very peculiar: It is undeniably Southern Gothic, but it has its own brand of off-beat humor.
The same goes for the elliptical machine hunger strike, which also comes off as tonally deficient, to say the least.
‘Camp X-Ray,’ A Kristen Stewart-Starring Guantanamo Bay Film, Premieres at SundanceMarlow Stern
January 18, 2014
But what really caught our attention was the tonally odd insertion of a wacky new supporting character.
Tonally those two episodes remind me of the early episodes of the show.
Historical Examples
His new prints were all color—clear, sensitive, and tonally just.
John Baptist JacksonJacob Kainen
tonal
- of or relating to tone
- of, relating to, or utilizing the diatonic system; having an established keyCompare 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 answerCompare real 1 (def. 11)
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tonal
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