English > tone: 15 senses > noun 3, attribute| Meaning | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound). |
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| Example | "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
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| Synonyms | timbre, timber, quality |
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| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
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| Narrower | color, colour, coloration, colouration | The timbre of a musical sound |
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| harmonic | Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental |
| nasality | A quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators |
| plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy | Having the character of a loud deep sound |
| register | (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments |
| resonance | The quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities |
| shrillness, stridence, stridency | Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound |
| Broader | sound property | An attribute of sound |
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| Catalan | qualitat, timbre |
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| Spanish | cualidad, timbre |
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| Adjectives | tonal | having tonality |
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| Verbs | tone | vary the pitch of one's speech |
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English > tone: 15 senses > noun 6, communication| Meaning | A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound. |
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| Synonyms | note, musical note |
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| Member of | scale, musical scale | (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
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| Narrower | blue note | A flattened third or seventh |
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| chord | A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together |
| dominant | (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale |
| eighth note, quaver | A musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note |
| grace note, appoggiatura, acciaccatura | An embellishing note usually written in smaller size |
| half note, minim | A musical note having the time value of half a whole note |
| mediant | (music) the third note of a diatonic scale |
| middle C | The note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff |
| monotone | A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) |
| passing note, passing tone | A nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes |
| pedal point, pedal | A sustained bass note |
| quarter note, crotchet | A musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note |
| sixteenth note, semiquaver | A musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note |
| sixty-fourth note, hemidemisemiquaver | A musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note |
| subdominant | (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale |
| submediant | (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic) |
| subtonic, leading tone | (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale |
| supertonic | (music) the second note of a diatonic scale |
| thirty-second note, demisemiquaver | A musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note |
| tonic, keynote | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale |
| trill, shake | A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it |
| whole note, semibreve | A musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) |
| Broader | musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians / musicians |
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| Catalan | nota, to |
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| Spanish | nota, tono |
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| Adjectives | tonic | relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale |
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