Definitions for Tonalitytoʊˈnæl ɪ ti
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to•nal•i•tytoʊˈnæl ɪ ti(n.)(pl.)-ties.
the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system. a particular scale or system of tones; a key.
Category: Music and Dance
(in painting, graphics, etc.) the system of tones or tints, or the color scheme, of a picture.
Category: Fine Arts
the quality of tones.
Origin of tonality:
1830–40
Princeton's WordNet
key, tonality(noun)
any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
Wiktionary
tonality(Noun)
The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
tonality(Noun)
A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
tonality(Noun)
The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
tonality(Noun)
The interrelation of the tones in a painting.
Webster Dictionary
Tonality(noun)
the principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole
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