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Noun: tonality  tow'na-li-tee
  1. Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
    "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"
    - key

Derived forms: tonalities

See also: tonal

Type of: musical notation

Antonym: atonality

Encyclopedia: Tonality

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