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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to tone |
| 2. | Compare atonal of, relating to, or utilizing the diatonic system; having an established key |
| 3. | a. (of an answer in a fugue) not having the same melodic intervals as the subject, so as to remain in the original key |
| b. Compare real denoting a fugue as having such an answer | |
| 'tonally | |
| —adv | |
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Tonal
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
No time for leisurely audio shopping, for lengthy comparisons or the sagacious weighing of tonal nuances.
Then over- or underexpose the shot until it has the tonal value you're going for.
The show peaked for less than an hour, but its tonal themes lingered longer.
Tonal sounds can have a distinct pitch, such as a music note, and do not start or end abruptly.
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