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

• 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
• Arnold Schoenberg's early works of atonality, because of the structural functioning of missing of "tonality", can only keep unity by dint of" strengthened theme coherence ".
  勋伯格初期无调性音乐创作，由于已失去“调性”这一深层结构力作用，因此只能借助“强化的主题一致性”来保证作品的有机统一性。
• The dominant in a given key or tonality.
  所给调子或音调中的主音。
• 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。
• The formulaic character of melody is concluded by the musical scale, pentatonic modes Tonality and melody.
  其中曲调程式性特征指从抚州采茶戏音乐的音阶、调式、调性及旋律形态等方面归纳出的具有规律性的曲调特征；
• 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。
• ( 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。
• The cursive rhythms and hot tonality of hot nudes of the1920s recall Delacroix, Limited and even conventional in its Mediterranean genre, Smith's best work has great formal authority.
  史密斯以有限的甚至程式化的地中海风格，赋予他的最佳作品以很高的权威性。
• Third, creative approaches consisting of tonality, syncopation harmony and coloratura are mutual technical characteristic.
  其三、调性、切分音、和声技术的运用、花腔乐句的设计等创作手法，是中西花腔女高音作品创作中所共有的技术特征。
• 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。