tonal music
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftonalandmusic
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tonal
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.nəl/us/ˈtoʊ.nəl/
musicspecialized
relating to the quality of sound of a musical instrument or ...
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music
noun[U]
uk/ˈmjuː.zɪk/us/ˈmjuː.zɪk/
a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening ...
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(Definition oftonalandmusicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Music listening activities were conducted usingtonalmusicof different genre and styles.
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It is best to choose a piece oftonalmusic, since the course is concerned with tonal analysis.
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Shall we consider other musical elements or admit that closure, as we define it intonalmusic, is simply not possible in the atonal realm?
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Through exposure to music, children gradually learn the syntactic rules governing music, enabling them to establish a representation oftonalmusic.
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Consequently, style sensitivity is mainly relevant for music within a musical idiom, such astonalmusic.
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Given the circumscribed domain of traditionaltonalmusic, there are no melodies or harmonies that are more accessible than any others to the composer.
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I am particularly interested in certain semiotic approaches conceived to examinetonalmusic, but whose fundamental approaches can be adapted for analysis of new repertoires.
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A new method for tracking modulations intonalmusicin audio data format.
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Thus, while symmetrical collections represent stable events, much like that of the triad intonalmusic, they do not suspend motion altogether.
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Meyer's proposed concept of a 'leap' followed by a 'fill' is one of the most common types of melodic deflections found intonalmusic.
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The following four analyses are taken from existent methodologies, half of which were developed fortonalmusicand have perhaps never been applied to the electroacoustic field.
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As such blues is to be experienced astonalmusic; there is in blues always a tonal centre; it is a play within a tonal framework.
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Closure intonalmusicis in fact a powerful musical force, but one whose strength depends largely upon the hierarchy found in tonal melody and harmony.
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Closure intonalmusicis readily apparent: several musical forces come to rest at once, all of which are supported by the initial establishment of the tonic key.
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Throughout development, they acquire knowledge both about the syntactical norms oftonalmusic, and about the relationship between musical form and emotion.
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This represents minimal information abouttonalmusic.
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I think that you need to find a way in which you can honestly and comfortably reintegratetonalmusic into the vocabulary and this was definitely part of the project.
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