Tonality
Tonality is a system of writing music according to certain hierarchical pitch relationships around a "center" or tonic. The term tonalité was borrowed from Castil-Blaze (1821, François Henri Joseph Blaze) by François-Joseph Fétis in 1840 (Reti, 1958; Judd, 1998; Dahlhaus). The term is often used synonymously with major/minor tonality; however, in more recent theory, the term is used more broadly to encompass a number of systems of musical organization.
Related Topics:
Music - Hierarchical - Pitch - Tonic - Castil-Blaze - François Henri Joseph Blaze - François-Joseph Fétis - Major/minor tonality
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Uses of the term |
| ► | Vocabulary of tonal analysis |
| ► | Characteristics |
| ► | Theory of tonal music |
| ► | History of the term |
| ► | History of tonality |
| ► | Effect of tonality |
| ► | External links |
| ► | References |
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