Definition of Tonal pattern

1. Noun. The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes.

Exact synonyms: Melody
Generic synonyms: Musical Perception
Derivative terms: Melodious, Melodious

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonal Pattern

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tomrigs
toms
tomset
tomsets
tomtate
tomtit
tomtoms
ton
ton mile
ton of refrigeration
tonal
tonal center
tonal language
tonal pattern (current term)
tonal system
tonalism
tonalist
tonalists
tonalite
tonalites
tonalities
tonality
tonally
toname
tonames
tonant
tonaphasia
tonation

Literary usage of Tonal pattern

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1915)
"In the first place, very few lines of the poet actually follow the tonal pattern of the first experiment in our series, and those that do, usually contain ..."

2. The Foundations and Nature of Verse by Cary Franklin Jacob (1918)
"... that de- ducible from the single effects of the elements involved;" (3) "The tonal pattern of poetry is quite more definite than hitherto suspected, ..."

3. The Art of Photoplay Making by Victor Oscar Freeburg (1918)
"dresses, and the girls at either end of the row wearing black dresses. We have then the tonal pattern, black, white, black, ..."

4. Schönberg by Frederick Herman Martens (1922)
"... the turmoil interrupted by sudden silences filled with "the malignancy of muted horns". The "Obbligato Recitative", an intricately woven tonal pattern, ..."

5. The Mastery of the Bow and Bowing Subtleties: A Text-book for Teachers and by Paul Stoeving (1920)
"This start once properly comprehended and rightly executed at the nut will serve as sta^ ng a tonal pattern for any similar effort at other parts of the bow ..."

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