тона́льность — meaning in English

English meaning

• key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
• mode noun A particular way or method of doing something.
• tonality noun (music) The system of seven notes built around a home key, covering all the major and minor scales.

Senses

тона́льность is used for these senses in English:

• key (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
• mode (music, in particular) One of several ancient Greek scales.
• tonality (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.

key — full definition

1. noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
2. noun The single most important factor or step needed to achieve something.
3. noun One of the buttons pressed to type on a keyboard or play a musical instrument.
4. noun A short guide listing what the symbols, colours, or abbreviations on a map, chart, or test mean.
5. noun In music, the set of related notes a piece is built around, giving it its overall tonal centre.

mode — full definition

1. noun A particular way or method of doing something.
2. noun (statistics) The value that occurs most often in a set of data.
3. noun A particular state of mind or way of behaving.
4. noun (music) One of several traditional scales, such as the major or minor scale.

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