Definition of tonal in English:

tonal

adjective ˈtəʊn(ə)lˈtoʊnl

1Relating to the tone of music, colour, or writing.
（与）音调（有关）的；（与）色调（有关）的；（与）笔调（有关）的
his ear for tonal colour
他那善于鉴别音色的耳朵。
the poem's tonal lapses
诗的音调失误。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is always refreshing to experience an outstanding début concert, especially when the artists display a balance of tonal beauty with insightful involving musicianship.
- The attractive tonal colours derived from some fresh sounding natural horns and focused woodwind, as well as a superb string tone.
- His dazzling virtuosity and sweeping tonal palette made the music truly live.
- She manages beautifully subtle shifts in tempo without crossing over into the soupy, and she applies a large palette of tonal color tastefully.
- A lack of warm cantabile tone, tone subtleties and tonal gradation impoverished the rich melodic lines of the mentioned works.
- The gorgeous tonal colors of this music have rarely glistened so brightly!
- Backgrounds become darker and colours more tonal.
- But both composers weave melodic material and unusual tonal colors in a way that is accessible, and worthy of repeated listening.
- Eschewing the brilliant primaries of his still lifes of the 1920s, he limits himself to only a few colours, creating a tonal harmony closer perhaps to the work of fellow Iona painter George Houston than to the other colourists.
- The colors are primaries and secondaries, rich and tonal, with an occasional warm gray or black thrown in.
- Her subtle shading, elegant phrasing, and expressive tonal colors were even more impressive.
- Putting that aside and simply listening to the sound itself, one hears a voice of remarkable purity and tonal beauty along with a command of style and color that any singer would kill for.
- His formula gives an exceptionally brilliant tonal rendition and a very cool image color.
- Feldman specifies many tonal colors that the musicians go to pains to reproduce accurately and engagingly.
- The Schubert was likewise a weaving of wonderful tonal colors and pianistic power.
- All this music needs is a virtuoso with technique to burn and a grand array of tonal colors.
- I always went along when Dad played the organ and one day I started helping to pull the registers, something that maybe had an early influence on the choice of tonal colors that now play an important role in my job.
- One rule of thumb is that muted pinks in the warmer tonal families will generally flatter almost any skin color or tone regardless of age.
- Her beautiful tonal shadings made the 1912 cycle Coleccion de Tonadillas Escritas en Estilo Antiguo by Enrique Granados a musical delight.
- His sense of rhythmic freedom, elasticity of phrasing, romantic ardor, and caressing tonal hues set a new standard for the four Chopin Ballades.
1. 1.1 Relating to music written using conventional keys and harmony.
  （音乐）用传统主调谱曲的，用传统和声谱曲的
  Example sentencesExamples
  It sounded a bit like a tonal American symphony written by a Russian who knows his Britten.
  This makes it difficult for contemporary composers to write interesting new tonal music without evoking a film score of some sort.
  In this respect he forms the link between Wagner and Schoenberg, who was soon to complete the destruction of classical tonal harmony.
  Add to that the fact that I love Massenet because his music is tonal and well harmonised, and you have some idea of my style.
  This process could not go on indefinitely, and in 1908 Schoenberg made the break into atonality, abandoning the attempt to fit atonal harmonies into tonal forms.
2. 1.2Phonetics (of a language) expressing semantic differences by varying the intonation given to words or syllables of a similar sound.
  〔语音〕声调的，音调的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Vietnamese is a tonal language; the meanings of words are determined by the pitch or tone at which the words are spoken.
  The point of a talking drum is to make noises which sound like words spoken in a tonal language - like Yoruba.
  Also, Chinese is a tonal language, which means that words change meaning depending on whether they're said with a rising tone, falling tone, falling then rising, or flat.
  Chinese is a tonal language: words are differentiated not just by sounds but by whether the intonation is rising or falling.
  The pronunciation is quite similar to Italian; there are no tones to trouble learners, as with Chinese, Vietnamese and other tonal languages; and the grammar is easier than German.

Derivatives

tonally

adverbˈtəʊn(ə)liˈtoʊnəli

This is an aspect that sometimes I miss in Mahler performances and it matters greatly, because Mahler's music is sometimes tonally anchored and sometimes tonally disorientated.
Example sentencesExamples
- I've always been frustrated by the ending we saw in the cinema, which strikes me as tonally appropriate, but utterly unconvincing.
- The string playing was sinewy, and tonally integrated, a lovely sound which would not disgrace a professional orchestra; particularly pleasing, bearing in mind that this one includes even first year students.
- The Reeve, the Shipman, and the Merchant's Tales are in a similar vein, although tonally they are all quite different.
- Wistful, peaceful, tonally rich, the music is perfect calming therapy.

Origin

Late 18th century (designating church music in plainsong mode): from medieval Latin tonalis, from Latin tonus (see tone).

Rhymes

atonal, Donal, hormonal, Monel, patronal, polytonal, zonal

Definition of tonal in US English:

tonal

adjectiveˈtoʊnlˈtōnl

1Relating to the tone of music, color, or writing.
（与）音调（有关）的；（与）色调（有关）的；（与）笔调（有关）的
his ear for tonal color
他那善于鉴别音色的耳朵。
the poem's tonal lapses
诗的音调失误。
Example sentencesExamples
- His dazzling virtuosity and sweeping tonal palette made the music truly live.
- A lack of warm cantabile tone, tone subtleties and tonal gradation impoverished the rich melodic lines of the mentioned works.
- All this music needs is a virtuoso with technique to burn and a grand array of tonal colors.
- But both composers weave melodic material and unusual tonal colors in a way that is accessible, and worthy of repeated listening.
- The Schubert was likewise a weaving of wonderful tonal colors and pianistic power.
- Her subtle shading, elegant phrasing, and expressive tonal colors were even more impressive.
- One rule of thumb is that muted pinks in the warmer tonal families will generally flatter almost any skin color or tone regardless of age.
- Putting that aside and simply listening to the sound itself, one hears a voice of remarkable purity and tonal beauty along with a command of style and color that any singer would kill for.
- His sense of rhythmic freedom, elasticity of phrasing, romantic ardor, and caressing tonal hues set a new standard for the four Chopin Ballades.
- She manages beautifully subtle shifts in tempo without crossing over into the soupy, and she applies a large palette of tonal color tastefully.
- Backgrounds become darker and colours more tonal.
- The attractive tonal colours derived from some fresh sounding natural horns and focused woodwind, as well as a superb string tone.
- The colors are primaries and secondaries, rich and tonal, with an occasional warm gray or black thrown in.
- Her beautiful tonal shadings made the 1912 cycle Coleccion de Tonadillas Escritas en Estilo Antiguo by Enrique Granados a musical delight.
- Feldman specifies many tonal colors that the musicians go to pains to reproduce accurately and engagingly.
- The gorgeous tonal colors of this music have rarely glistened so brightly!
- Eschewing the brilliant primaries of his still lifes of the 1920s, he limits himself to only a few colours, creating a tonal harmony closer perhaps to the work of fellow Iona painter George Houston than to the other colourists.
- I always went along when Dad played the organ and one day I started helping to pull the registers, something that maybe had an early influence on the choice of tonal colors that now play an important role in my job.
- It is always refreshing to experience an outstanding début concert, especially when the artists display a balance of tonal beauty with insightful involving musicianship.
- His formula gives an exceptionally brilliant tonal rendition and a very cool image color.
1. 1.1 Relating to music written using conventional keys and harmony.
  （音乐）用传统主调谱曲的，用传统和声谱曲的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Add to that the fact that I love Massenet because his music is tonal and well harmonised, and you have some idea of my style.
  In this respect he forms the link between Wagner and Schoenberg, who was soon to complete the destruction of classical tonal harmony.
  This makes it difficult for contemporary composers to write interesting new tonal music without evoking a film score of some sort.
  This process could not go on indefinitely, and in 1908 Schoenberg made the break into atonality, abandoning the attempt to fit atonal harmonies into tonal forms.
  It sounded a bit like a tonal American symphony written by a Russian who knows his Britten.
2. 1.2Phonetics (of a language) expressing semantic differences by varying the intonation given to words or syllables of a similar sound.
  〔语音〕声调的，音调的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The pronunciation is quite similar to Italian; there are no tones to trouble learners, as with Chinese, Vietnamese and other tonal languages; and the grammar is easier than German.
  Vietnamese is a tonal language; the meanings of words are determined by the pitch or tone at which the words are spoken.
  The point of a talking drum is to make noises which sound like words spoken in a tonal language - like Yoruba.
  Chinese is a tonal language: words are differentiated not just by sounds but by whether the intonation is rising or falling.
  Also, Chinese is a tonal language, which means that words change meaning depending on whether they're said with a rising tone, falling tone, falling then rising, or flat.

Origin

Late 18th century (designating church music in plainsong mode): from medieval Latin tonalis, from Latin tonus (see tone).

单词	tonal
释义	Definition of tonal in English: tonal adjective ˈtəʊn(ə)lˈtoʊnl 1Relating to the tone of music, colour, or writing. （与）音调（有关）的；（与）色调（有关）的；（与）笔调（有关）的 his ear for tonal colour 他那善于鉴别音色的耳朵。 the poem's tonal lapses 诗的音调失误。 Example sentencesExamples It is always refreshing to experience an outstanding début concert, especially when the artists display a balance of tonal beauty with insightful involving musicianship. The attractive tonal colours derived from some fresh sounding natural horns and focused woodwind, as well as a superb string tone. His dazzling virtuosity and sweeping tonal palette made the music truly live. She manages beautifully subtle shifts in tempo without crossing over into the soupy, and she applies a large palette of tonal color tastefully. A lack of warm cantabile tone, tone subtleties and tonal gradation impoverished the rich melodic lines of the mentioned works. The gorgeous tonal colors of this music have rarely glistened so brightly! Backgrounds become darker and colours more tonal. But both composers weave melodic material and unusual tonal colors in a way that is accessible, and worthy of repeated listening. Eschewing the brilliant primaries of his still lifes of the 1920s, he limits himself to only a few colours, creating a tonal harmony closer perhaps to the work of fellow Iona painter George Houston than to the other colourists. The colors are primaries and secondaries, rich and tonal, with an occasional warm gray or black thrown in. Her subtle shading, elegant phrasing, and expressive tonal colors were even more impressive. Putting that aside and simply listening to the sound itself, one hears a voice of remarkable purity and tonal beauty along with a command of style and color that any singer would kill for. His formula gives an exceptionally brilliant tonal rendition and a very cool image color. Feldman specifies many tonal colors that the musicians go to pains to reproduce accurately and engagingly. The Schubert was likewise a weaving of wonderful tonal colors and pianistic power. All this music needs is a virtuoso with technique to burn and a grand array of tonal colors. I always went along when Dad played the organ and one day I started helping to pull the registers, something that maybe had an early influence on the choice of tonal colors that now play an important role in my job. One rule of thumb is that muted pinks in the warmer tonal families will generally flatter almost any skin color or tone regardless of age. Her beautiful tonal shadings made the 1912 cycle Coleccion de Tonadillas Escritas en Estilo Antiguo by Enrique Granados a musical delight. His sense of rhythmic freedom, elasticity of phrasing, romantic ardor, and caressing tonal hues set a new standard for the four Chopin Ballades. 1.1 Relating to music written using conventional keys and harmony. （音乐）用传统主调谱曲的，用传统和声谱曲的 Example sentencesExamples It sounded a bit like a tonal American symphony written by a Russian who knows his Britten. This makes it difficult for contemporary composers to write interesting new tonal music without evoking a film score of some sort. In this respect he forms the link between Wagner and Schoenberg, who was soon to complete the destruction of classical tonal harmony. Add to that the fact that I love Massenet because his music is tonal and well harmonised, and you have some idea of my style. This process could not go on indefinitely, and in 1908 Schoenberg made the break into atonality, abandoning the attempt to fit atonal harmonies into tonal forms. 1.2Phonetics (of a language) expressing semantic differences by varying the intonation given to words or syllables of a similar sound. 〔语音〕声调的，音调的 Example sentencesExamples Vietnamese is a tonal language; the meanings of words are determined by the pitch or tone at which the words are spoken. The point of a talking drum is to make noises which sound like words spoken in a tonal language - like Yoruba. Also, Chinese is a tonal language, which means that words change meaning depending on whether they're said with a rising tone, falling tone, falling then rising, or flat. Chinese is a tonal language: words are differentiated not just by sounds but by whether the intonation is rising or falling. The pronunciation is quite similar to Italian; there are no tones to trouble learners, as with Chinese, Vietnamese and other tonal languages; and the grammar is easier than German. Derivatives tonally adverbˈtəʊn(ə)liˈtoʊnəli This is an aspect that sometimes I miss in Mahler performances and it matters greatly, because Mahler's music is sometimes tonally anchored and sometimes tonally disorientated. Example sentencesExamples I've always been frustrated by the ending we saw in the cinema, which strikes me as tonally appropriate, but utterly unconvincing. The string playing was sinewy, and tonally integrated, a lovely sound which would not disgrace a professional orchestra; particularly pleasing, bearing in mind that this one includes even first year students. The Reeve, the Shipman, and the Merchant's Tales are in a similar vein, although tonally they are all quite different. Wistful, peaceful, tonally rich, the music is perfect calming therapy. Origin Late 18th century (designating church music in plainsong mode): from medieval Latin tonalis, from Latin tonus (see tone). Rhymes atonal, Donal, hormonal, Monel, patronal, polytonal, zonal Definition of tonal in US English: tonal adjectiveˈtoʊnlˈtōnl 1Relating to the tone of music, color, or writing. （与）音调（有关）的；（与）色调（有关）的；（与）笔调（有关）的 his ear for tonal color 他那善于鉴别音色的耳朵。 the poem's tonal lapses 诗的音调失误。 Example sentencesExamples His dazzling virtuosity and sweeping tonal palette made the music truly live. A lack of warm cantabile tone, tone subtleties and tonal gradation impoverished the rich melodic lines of the mentioned works. All this music needs is a virtuoso with technique to burn and a grand array of tonal colors. But both composers weave melodic material and unusual tonal colors in a way that is accessible, and worthy of repeated listening. The Schubert was likewise a weaving of wonderful tonal colors and pianistic power. Her subtle shading, elegant phrasing, and expressive tonal colors were even more impressive. One rule of thumb is that muted pinks in the warmer tonal families will generally flatter almost any skin color or tone regardless of age. Putting that aside and simply listening to the sound itself, one hears a voice of remarkable purity and tonal beauty along with a command of style and color that any singer would kill for. His sense of rhythmic freedom, elasticity of phrasing, romantic ardor, and caressing tonal hues set a new standard for the four Chopin Ballades. She manages beautifully subtle shifts in tempo without crossing over into the soupy, and she applies a large palette of tonal color tastefully. Backgrounds become darker and colours more tonal. The attractive tonal colours derived from some fresh sounding natural horns and focused woodwind, as well as a superb string tone. The colors are primaries and secondaries, rich and tonal, with an occasional warm gray or black thrown in. Her beautiful tonal shadings made the 1912 cycle Coleccion de Tonadillas Escritas en Estilo Antiguo by Enrique Granados a musical delight. Feldman specifies many tonal colors that the musicians go to pains to reproduce accurately and engagingly. The gorgeous tonal colors of this music have rarely glistened so brightly! Eschewing the brilliant primaries of his still lifes of the 1920s, he limits himself to only a few colours, creating a tonal harmony closer perhaps to the work of fellow Iona painter George Houston than to the other colourists. I always went along when Dad played the organ and one day I started helping to pull the registers, something that maybe had an early influence on the choice of tonal colors that now play an important role in my job. It is always refreshing to experience an outstanding début concert, especially when the artists display a balance of tonal beauty with insightful involving musicianship. His formula gives an exceptionally brilliant tonal rendition and a very cool image color. 1.1 Relating to music written using conventional keys and harmony. （音乐）用传统主调谱曲的，用传统和声谱曲的 Example sentencesExamples Add to that the fact that I love Massenet because his music is tonal and well harmonised, and you have some idea of my style. In this respect he forms the link between Wagner and Schoenberg, who was soon to complete the destruction of classical tonal harmony. This makes it difficult for contemporary composers to write interesting new tonal music without evoking a film score of some sort. This process could not go on indefinitely, and in 1908 Schoenberg made the break into atonality, abandoning the attempt to fit atonal harmonies into tonal forms. It sounded a bit like a tonal American symphony written by a Russian who knows his Britten. 1.2Phonetics (of a language) expressing semantic differences by varying the intonation given to words or syllables of a similar sound. 〔语音〕声调的，音调的 Example sentencesExamples The pronunciation is quite similar to Italian; there are no tones to trouble learners, as with Chinese, Vietnamese and other tonal languages; and the grammar is easier than German. Vietnamese is a tonal language; the meanings of words are determined by the pitch or tone at which the words are spoken. The point of a talking drum is to make noises which sound like words spoken in a tonal language - like Yoruba. Chinese is a tonal language: words are differentiated not just by sounds but by whether the intonation is rising or falling. Also, Chinese is a tonal language, which means that words change meaning depending on whether they're said with a rising tone, falling tone, falling then rising, or flat. Origin Late 18th century (designating church music in plainsong mode): from medieval Latin tonalis, from Latin tonus (see tone).
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