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Tonality vs Atonality - What's the difference?

tonality | atonality |

As nouns the difference between tonality and atonality

is that tonality is the system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales while atonality is a style of music that is written without a key.

tonality

English

Noun

(wikipedia tonality) (tonalities)
  • (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
  • (music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
  • (music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
  • The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

    • atonality

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia atonality)
  • (uncountable, music) A style of music that is written without a key.
  • (countable, music) A passage written without a key.

    • See also

    * atonal * diatonic * tonality