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tones

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1. Tones

   Tones is the second studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released in 1986 through Reprise Records. The first two tracks, "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes", are re-recordings from Johnson's then-unreleased 1978 debut album Seven Worlds. "Zap" would later receive a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1987 Grammy Awards

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1. tonesnoun

   Plural noun of tone.

   The piano when played by the composer gave the most beautiful tones and sounds so joyful to the ear of all who had the pleasure of hearing it.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 16, 2016  

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1. TONES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tones is ranked #44109 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tones surname appeared 488 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tones.
   
   54.9% or 268 total occurrences were White.
   33.4% or 163 total occurrences were Black.
   9% or 44 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for tones »

1. notes

2. onset

3. set on

4. seton

5. SONET

6. steno

7. stone

How to pronounce tones?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tones in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tones in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tones in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tones in a Sentence

1. Merlin Sheldrake:

   The human sense of smell is extraordinary. Our eyes can distinguish several million colours, our ears can distinguish half a million tones, but our noses can distinguish well over a trillion different odours. Humans can detect virtually all volatile chemicals ever tested.

2. Gene Baur:

   With a vinyl record, there’s more of a richness and there’s different tones and more full-bodiedness whereas with a CD you have less richness and less fullness.

3. George Will:

   He speaks in such modulated, dulcet tones that we tend to sometimes miss some of the harsh things he is saying, so he’s got a rhetorical record that is going to get more scrutiny.

4. Sarah Ash Combs:

   I am here to work with people, work with kids, treat them, make them feel better in the fullest sense of the word, if that means I have to wear mismatched sparkly socks and have a large badge with my face up a little too close and speak really loudly in wacky tones, then sure, I'll do it.

5. Benjamin Disraeli:

   When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, and opening quotation is a symphony precluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.

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References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tones
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html