ton·al
adjective/ˈtəʊnl/
/ˈtəʊnl/
- (specialist) relating to tones of sound or colour
音调的;声调的;色调的 - (music) having a particular key
opposite atonal调性的
Word Originlate 18th cent. (designating church music in plainsong mode): from medieval Latin tonalis, from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.