tonality

英 [təʊˈnæləti]

美 [toʊˈnæləti]

n.  调性

复数：tonalities　

BNC.27582 / COCA.22866

牛津词典

noun

• 调性
  the quality of a piece of music that depends on the key in which it is written

柯林斯词典

• 调性
  Tonalityis the presence of a musical key in a piece of music.

英英释义

noun

• any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
  Synonym:key

双语例句

• In three large paintings executed in fabric pigment on silk, the dark tonality of the medium creates an aura of mystery as unexpected elements disturb the tranquility of the scene.
  展出的三件大型绘画中（丝绸、丝绸颜料），黑色使画面显得神秘，而艺术家在画面中加入的微妙细节则打碎了原本宁静的气氛。
• A tonal system consisting of seven tones in fixed relationship to a tonic, having a characteristic key signature and being since the Renaissance the structural foundation of the bulk of Western music; tonality.
  调、主音包括七个与主音有固定关系的音色的调音系统，有独特的调号，自文艺复兴以来一直是西方音乐主体的结构基础；调性。
• For a time they might also completely change the tonality, or key, of the music; this is called modulation.
  作曲家也许还会在作品中完全改变调性或调子，这就叫转调。
• ( music) having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic.
  （音乐）有音调的；也就是音调和和音组织成关于一个音，例如基调或主音。
• Tonality depends on the reflected brightness of the terrain and can be electronically measured.
  色调依赖于地质体反射的亮度，利用电子设备可以测量出来。
• The present writer analyses creation methods and artistic feature of this cycle by examples through studying the musical form, harmony, tonality and rhythm of this work.
  笔者通过对这部作品的曲式、节奏、复调写作等方面的研究，剖析了这部套曲的创作手法和艺术特色，为以后的演奏分析提供了理论支持。
• In this paper, I choose 13 'vanward' pieces during this period and make some study and analysis on harmony, scale, tonality, texture, structure and so on.
  本文选取了他这个时期的13部较为先锋性的作品，从和声、音阶、调式与调性、织体、结构等方面对其开创性的技法进行了研究和分析。
• Tonality and modes are practical, therefore they should not be studied without the mention of music context;
  调式调性具有的实践性：它们是从实践中形成、在实践中发展的；所以在研究中也不能脱离音乐过程。
• The Research on ShaanXi Opera's Mode, Tonality, Tune and the Means of Its Development
  秦腔音乐的调式、调性及曲调发展手法的研究
• The dominant in a given key or tonality.
  所给调子或音调中的主音。