| ADJECTIVE | pert | tonal, tonic | employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words |
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| all | tonal | having tonality |
| Sounds | tow'nahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words. | |
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| Example | "Chinese is a tonal language" | |
| Synonym | tonic | |
| Spanish | tonal | |
| Catalan | tonal | |
| Nouns | tone | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages |
| Meaning | Having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic. | |
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| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Narrower | diatonic | Based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music |
| keyed | Set to a key or tone | |
| polytonal | Using more than one key or tonality simultaneously | |
| toned | Having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone | |
| tonic | relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale | |
| Opposite | atonal, unkeyed | characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality |
| Spanish | tonal | |
| Catalan | tonal | |
| Nouns | tonality | any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music |
| tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | |
| tone | a steady sound without overtones | |
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