tone cluster

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noun Music.

a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.

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Words nearby tone cluster

Tonawanda, Tonbridge, tondo, tone, tone arm, tone cluster, tone color, tone colour, tone control, tone-deaf, tone dialing

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How to use tone cluster in a sentence

Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
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Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
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To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.
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“Call me when the plane leaves the ground,” she said, in a tone that implied she knew her husband well.
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He has struck a promising tone these last few days with his rhetoric about trying to “see each other.”
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That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
What the ear hears is the fundamental pitch only; the overtones harmonize with the primary or fundamental tone, and enrich it.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
This may be done by taking the humming tone and bringing to bear upon it a strong pressure of energy.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick

British Dictionary definitions for tone cluster

tone cluster

noun

music a group of adjacent notes played simultaneously, either in an orchestral score or, on the piano, by depressing a whole set of adjacent keys

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