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"Chinese is a tonal language"adjectiveemploying variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
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adjectivehaving tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonicOpposite:
Definition that contains tonal
- key any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- tone (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- chad a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
- ives United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
- stradivarius Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737)
- tonal having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
- atonal characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
- tonality any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- schoenberg United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
- schonberg United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)