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

• To Discriminate the Conceptions of Tune, Modes and Tonality
  调、调式和调性概念辨析
• 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。
• 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。
• He was also one of the few composers to bridge the gap between conventional tonality and atonality.
  他也是少数一位能搭建常规调性和非调性桥梁的作曲家。
• ( music) characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
  （音乐）有避免西方传统音调特征的。
• 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。
• 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。
• It wasn't so much about being loud and noisy as it was about having a defined tonality.
  不是指那种马达轰鸣的场面，而是都要一种独特的调性。
• Using eighteenth-century musical forms and the tonality of the seven-note scale, the group also drew from ethnic folk tunes, jazz, and polytonal techniques.
  这批音乐家运用18世纪的音乐形式和七音音阶的调性，同时也从各民族民间曲调，爵士乐和多调性技巧中汲取养份。