musical tone
1Musical tone — A musical tone is a steady periodic sound. A musical tone is characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness), and timbre (or quality).[1] The notes used in music can be more complex than musical tones, as they may include aperiodic… …
2musical sound — Introduction any tone with characteristics such as controlled pitch and timbre. The sounds are produced by instruments in which the periodic vibrations can be controlled by the performer. That some sounds are intrinsically musical,… …
3Musical syntax — When analysing the regularities and structure of music as well as the processing of music in the brain, certain findings lead to the question, if music is based on a syntax which could be compared with linguistic syntax. To get closer to this… …
4tone — toneless, adj. tonelessly, adv. tonelessness, n. /tohn/, n., v., toned, toning. n. 1. any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones. 2. quality or character of sound. 3. vocal sound; the sound… …
5Tone variator — German psychologist William Stern invented the tone variator in 1897 to study human sensitivity to changes in pitch, going beyond the traditional psychophysical research of studying the sensitivity to differences in discrete tones. The instrument …
6musical flame — noun : a flame that produces a musical note by setting in vibration the air in an open tube held over it * * * musical flame noun A flame that gives a musical tone when surrounded by an open tube • • • Main Entry: ↑music …
7tone-beginning — noun a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase • Syn: ↑attack • Hypernyms: ↑beginning, ↑start, ↑commencement …
8Tone deafness — is the lack of relative pitch, or the inability to distinguish between musical notes that is not due to the lack of musical training or education. Tone deafness is also known variously as amusia, tune deafness, tin ear , dysmelodia and dysmusia.… …
9Musical aptitude — (i.e. having a fine ear for music) is the ability to intuitively learn or appreciate music, and especially to distinguish off key and off pitch music. Music is ancient and one of the most special characteristics of humans[citation needed]. Some… …
10tone — [tōn] n. [ME < OFr & L: OFr ton < L tonus, a sound < Gr tonos, a stretching, tone < teinein, to stretch: see THIN] 1. a) a vocal or musical sound b) its quality 2. an intonation, pitch, modulation, etc. of the voice that expresses a… …
