tonalities

Variant of tonality

noun pl. tonalities

  1. quality of tone
  2. Art the color scheme of a painting
  3. Music
    1. in composition, the organization of tones around a central or pivotal tone or pitch class
    2. in music based on the major-minor system, key (sense )
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