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Steady periodic sound in music
Traditionally in Western music, a musical tone is a steady periodic sound. A musical tone is characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness)
Musical_tone
Quality of a musical note or sound or tone
ˈtæ̃-/), also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound of a musical note, sound or tone. Timbre distinguishes
Timbre
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Tone, tone, tones, or toning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tone may refer to: Tone (color theory), a mix of tint and shade, in painting and
Tone
Sequence of frequencies
sequence of harmonics, musical tones, or pure tones whose frequency is an integer multiple of a fundamental frequency. Pitched musical instruments are often
Harmonic_series_(music)
Sound with a sinusoidal waveform
by Helmholtz, musical tones are perceived as a set of pure tones. The percept of pitch depends on the frequency of the most prominent tone, and the phases
Pure_tone
Overview of ancient Greek music theory
rhythms, and sometimes even the genus and individual tones. The most comprehensive treatment of musical ethos is provided by Aristides Quintilianus in his
Musical system of ancient Greece
Musical_system_of_ancient_Greece
Auditory illusion
the effect was described as "a musical barber's pole". The scale as described, with discrete steps between each tone, is known as the discrete Shepard
Shepard_tone
Musical composition method
twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition
Twelve-tone_technique
Ascending or descending sequence of musical tones
Consonance & Dissonance WolframTones—hear and play musical scales Visual representation of scales from WolframTones ScaleCoding Database in .xls and
Scale_(music)
Perceptual property in music ordering sounds from low to high
on a frequency-related scale. Pitch is a major auditory attribute of musical tones, along with duration, loudness, and timbre. Pitch may be quantified
Pitch_(music)
Use of pitch to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning
to inflect words. In simple terms, a particular tone is the movement of a word or syllable's musical pitch: whether held steady, or sliding upwards or
Tone_(linguistics)
Representation of isolatable musical sound
while singing).[citation needed] Ghost note Grace note Letter notation Musical tone Pensato Shape note Solfège is used in Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, France
Musical_note
Ability to identify musical notes by ear without reference
responses. For example, an AP possessor can accurately reproduce a heard tone on a musical instrument without "hunting" for the correct pitch. However, pitch
Absolute_pitch
Lowest frequency of a periodic waveform, such as sound
the musical tone [harmonic spectrum].... The individual partials are not heard separately but are blended together by the ear into a single tone. All
Fundamental_frequency
Musical scale set of twelve pitches
is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone, also known as a half-step, above or below its adjacent pitches. As a result, in 12-tone equal
Chromatic_scale
call forwarding, which may indicate function by a stutter dial tone. Musical tone Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF) Signaling (telecommunications)
Signal_tone
Dense musical chord
A tone cluster is a musical chord comprising at least three adjacent tones in a scale. Prototypical tone clusters are based on the chromatic scale and
Tone_cluster
Type of musical note
musical styles assimilated chord types outside of the common-practice style. In these chords, tones that might normally be considered nonchord tones are
Nonchord_tone
1989 single by Slick Rick
also critically acclaimed, with reviewers praising its storytelling and musical tone. Since its release, it has become one of the most sampled rap songs of
Children's_Story
American soul/R&B band from Oakland, California
their creative intentions with The Revival, Tony! Toni! Toné! wanted to pay homage to their musical influences with Sons of Soul. In a 1993 interview for
Tony!_Toni!_Toné!
Tone and sound are terms used by musicians and related professions to refer to the audible characteristics of a player's sound. Tone is the product of
Tone_(musical_instrument)
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to
List_of_musical_symbols
Medical condition
also called being tone-deaf, is a musical disorder that appears mainly as a defect in processing pitch but also encompasses musical memory and recognition
Amusia
Musical tuning system
and mathematics Musical acoustics (the physics of music) Musical tuning Also known as 'twelve-tone equal temperament' ('12-TET'), '12-tone equal division
Equal_temperament
Tesla coil modified to produce musical tones
thoramin or musical lightning, is a form of plasma speaker. It is a variety of a solid state Tesla coil that has been modified to produce musical tones by modulating
Singing_Tesla_coil
Musical interval
second (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (Play). A second is a musical interval encompassing two adjacent
Major_second
Type of wave
choices) of the string are correctly specified, the sound produced is a musical tone. Vibrating strings are the basis of string instruments such as guitars
String_vibration
Linear succession of tones in the foreground of a musical work
(melōidía) 'singing, chanting'), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal
Melody
Device that generates sounds of constant pitch when struck
by striking it against a surface or with an object, and emits a pure musical tone once the high overtones fade out. A tuning fork's pitch depends on the
Tuning_fork
Musical tuning system of 24 tones per octave
Arab tone system, or system of musical tuning, is based upon the theoretical division of the octave into twenty-four equal divisions or 24-tone equal
Arab_tone_system
Musical tuning system
Piano tuning Comma List of meantone intervals Whole-tone scale Pythagorean interval Mathematics of musical scales Schismatic temperament Pykett, Colin (2019)
Musical_temperament
on the front of the cam indicates the current resonance frequency and musical tone of the instrument. Subsequent improvements to the device include the
Tone_variator
Harmonic grouping of notes
of two or more musical notes. The most common chord has three notes and is known as a triad. Added tone chords, extended chords, and tone clusters can have
Chord_(music)
Scientific study of brain processes related to music
is defined as the ability to identify the pitch of a musical tone or to produce a musical tone at a given pitch without the use of an external reference
Neuroscience_of_music
Any musical scale used in jazz
any musical scale used in jazz. Many "jazz scales" are common scales drawn from Western European classical music, including the diatonic, whole-tone, octatonic
Jazz_scale
Picardie (Fr.) See Picardy third timbre The quality of a musical tone that distinguishes one tone from another time In a jazz or rock score, after a rubato
Glossary_of_music_terminology
A creative figure's attitude toward both a subject and also an audience
the tone of a literary work expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience. The concept of a work's tone has
Tone_(literature)
Perceived tones when real tones are sounded
combination tone (also called resultant tone or subjective tone) is a psychoacoustic and sometimes physical phenomenon of an additional tone or tones that are
Combination_tone
Ability to remember a specific tone
system exists for tones, and that it is distinct from short-term verbal memory. In the research article "Memory for musical tones: the impact of tonality
Tonal_memory
1983 studio album by Renaissance
Time-Line Jon Camp took charge of the musical tone and direction. He wrote all the lyrics, strongly influenced the musical style, and went so far as to call
Time-Line
Theory about mechanism of hearing
membrane. By this theory, the pitch of a sound, such as a human voice or a musical tone, is determined by the places where the membrane vibrates, based on frequencies
Place_theory
Type of musical instrument
harmonica is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction (instruments
Glass_harmonica
Concept in Riemannian and Schenkerian theories
simple periodic sounds (sine tones). In the German lay usage, it may mean "sound" or "tone" (as synonymous to Ton), "musical tone" (as opposed to noise), "note"
Klang_(music)
Musical tuning based on pure intervals
Microtuner Music and mathematics Musical interval Pythagorean interval Regular number Superparticular ratio Whole-tone scale Brown, Colin. Music in Common
Just_intonation
Musical interval
which itself is half a whole tone. Quarter tones divide the octave by 50 cents each, and have 24 different pitches. Quarter tones have their roots in the music
Quarter_tone
Note sung or played at a slightly different pitch than standard
from 12-tone equal temperament notes. The blues has likely evolved as a fusion of an African just intonation scale with European 12-tone musical instruments
Blue_note
Scales used in Japanese traditional music
Japanese traditional music is often based on pentatonic (five tone) or heptatonic (seven tone) scales. In some instances, harmonic minor is used, while the
Japanese_musical_scales
Musical instrument made from a seashell (conch)
kinds of sea snails. Their natural conical bore is used to produce a musical tone. Conch shell natural instruments have been played in many Pacific island
Conch_(instrument)
Use in music of microtones (intervals smaller than a semitone)
space – Space around an object Partch's 43-tone scale – Musical scale created by Harry Partch Quarter tone – Musical interval Raga – Melodic mode of improvisation
Microtonality
American rapper (born 1966)
Anthony Terrell Smith (born March 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Tone Loc (/toʊn loʊk/), is an American rapper, voice artist, and actor. He is
Tone_Loc
Basic musical interval
theory, a semitone (also called a half step or half tone) is one of two parts into which a whole tone is divided. Semitones are the smallest intervals commonly
Semitone
1942 novel by Evelyn Waugh
Living (1937): A man getting drunk at a farewell party should strike a musical tone, in order to strengthen his spirit … and a drunk military man should
Put_Out_More_Flags
Japanese-American multidisciplinary artist (1935–2025)
for Tone and asked him to join their sessions. Tone was affected by Kosugi's gesture, who seemed to show no regard for Tone’s lack of formal musical training
Yasunao_Tone
Type of audio effects unit
effects unit which mix the input signal with a synthesized signal whose musical tone is an octave lower or higher than the original.[citation needed] Octave
Octave_effect
1995 studio album by Ornette Coleman
ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 10, 2012. Zwerin, Mike (September 29, 1995). "Musical Tone Dialing With Ornette Coleman". New York Times. Retrieved February 19
Tone_Dialing
SI unit of frequency
unit's most common uses are in the description of periodic waveforms and musical tones, particularly those used in radio- and audio-related applications. It
Hertz
Symbol or mark representing linguistic tone
§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. A series of iconic tone letters based on a musical staff was devised by Yuen Ren Chao in the 1920s by adding a
Tone_letter
organization can be found in music. The lowest level are musical scales, which consist of seven tones or "scale degrees" per octave and have an asymmetric
Musical_syntax
Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments
Ace Electronic Industries Inc., or Ace Tone, was a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, including electronic organs, analogue drum machines
Ace_Tone
Hand saw used as a musical instrument
glissando (portamento), the sound creates an ethereal tone, very similar to the theremin. The musical saw is classified as a plaque friction idiophone with
Musical_saw
Road producing a musical tune when driving over it
but some assert that the musical tones can still be heard while driving on it. Japan gained momentum in the realm of musical roads when, in 2007, Shizuo
Musical_road
American psychologist
extensive research on memory for sequences of tones. She demonstrated that short-term memory for the pitch of a tone is the function of a specialized and highly
Diana_Deutsch
American actor and director (1905–1968)
Lilacs (1931), where Tone sang, which later became the basis for the musical Oklahoma! Robert Benchley of The New Yorker said that "Tone made lyrical love
Franchot_Tone
Percussion instrument
Hang (German pronunciation: [haŋ]; plural form: Hanghang) is a type of musical instrument fitting into the idiophone class and based on the Trinidad &
Hang_(instrument)
Terms for tuning an instrument and a systems of pitches
adjusting the pitch of one or many tones from musical instruments to establish typical intervals between these tones. Tuning is usually based on a fixed
Musical_tuning
American singer (born 1995)
Antonio "Tone" Stith (born July 26, 1995) is an American R&B singer and songwriter signed to MNRK Records. Stith was born and raised in New Jersey and
Tone_Stith
In music, the repeated use of a sound or sequence
restatement of a theme. While it plays a role in all music, with noise and musical tones lying along a spectrum from irregular to periodic sounds, it is especially
Repetition_(music)
1959 song
conductor Peter Howard, the heart of the number—in which Maria assigns a musical tone to each child, like so many Swiss bell ringers—was devised in rehearsal
Do-Re-Mi
Symbol indicating one semitone lower
SYMBOL FLAT UP U+1D12D 𝄭 MUSICAL SYMBOL FLAT DOWN U+1D133 𝄳 MUSICAL SYMBOL QUARTER TONE FLAT The size of the lowering of pitch by a "comma" varies, depending
Flat_(music)
Musical interval unit
The cent is a logarithmic unit of measure used for musical intervals. Twelve-tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each
Cent_(music)
Piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section
story, novel, painting, landscape, or other non-musical source. The German term Tondichtung, literally tone poem, appears to have been first used by the
Symphonic_poem
Sequence of all twelve chromatic tones
of the twelve notes in musical set theory of the chromatic scale, though both larger and smaller sets are sometimes found. Tone rows are the basis of Arnold
Tone_row
On distances between points on a circle
uniformly spaced. In music theory, a musical interval describes the ratio in frequency between two musical tones. Intervals are commonly considered consonant
Three-gap_theorem
Tuned percussion instrument
consisting of aluminum bells that are struck with a mallet to produce musical tones. In its standard configuration, the bells of the Aluphone are mounted
Aluphone
Scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by a whole tone
music, a whole-tone scale is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by the interval of a whole tone. In twelve-tone equal temperament
Whole-tone_scale
sea, which become auxiliary musical instruments with the appropriate processing. Each chochilia has its own musical tone. Those small shells also called
Cochilia
Type of electronic audio manipulation
of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone. Distortion is most commonly
Distortion_(music)
Tonal degree of the diatonic scale
In music theory, a leading tone (also called subsemitone or leading note in the UK) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone
Leading_tone
23rd episode of the 7th season of Futurama
approached by a mysterious alien ship that repeatedly broadcasts four loud musical tones, which can be heard by everyone on the planet. At first, the music is
Game_of_Tones
phrasing Musical prefix Musical semantics Musical setting Musical similarity Musical syntax Musical system of ancient Greece Musical technique Musical tone Musical
Index_of_music_articles
2000 single by Kelis
album, Kaleidoscope (1999). A staccato, pop and R&B ballad with a dark musical tone, "Get Along with You" describes how someone's love for and the need to
Get_Along_with_You
Mode in Arabic music
possibilities of the musical structuring of such a tone level have been fully explored, the phase is complete." The central tones of a maqam are created
Arabic_maqam
Branch of both psychology and musicology
study of sound and musical phenomena prior to the 19th century was focused primarily on the mathematical modelling of pitch and tone. The earliest recorded
Psychology_of_music
Women's barbershop chorus
city of Richardson. Dale Syverson was musical director from 1976 until her death in November 2024. The Rich-Tone Chorus is a chapter, located in Northern
The_Rich-Tone_Chorus
Form of art using sound
hear, reflecting whether one musical sound, note, or tone is "higher" or "lower" than another musical sound, note, or tone. We can talk about the highness
Music
English independent record label
Feet Records. Although 2 Tone Records was closely identified with the ska revival, efforts were made to broaden the label's musical output, releasing recordings
2_Tone_Records
signals of AC electricity, or musical tones. For example. If an oscilloscope sweeps 440 times per second and we play a musical A note of 440 Hz, we will see
Oscilloscope_Music
Pitched percussion instrument
two metal half-shells glued together, a centre tone field surrounded by a circle of at least seven tone fields on the upper side and an opening in the
Handpan
Music for the reciting of chant
In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) can refer to either a repeated musical pitch or to the entire melodic formula for which that
Reciting_tone
British post-punk band
Tones on Tail were a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus. Their
Tones_on_Tail
Topics referred to by the same term
Tone scale may refer to: Musical scales, including the Whole tone scale Color scales Emotional tone scale, a Scientology concept Tonic (music) Diatonic
Tone_scale
Post-tonal music compositional technique
theory features a high economy of musical intervals within a generally chromatic musical language. This is because tone-clock theory encourages the composer
Tone_clock
Study of the practices and possibilities of music
of values to manipulate different musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, though his contemporaries
Music_theory
Musical scale
scala enigmatica) is an unusual musical scale, with elements of both major and minor scales, as well as the whole-tone scale. It was originally published
Enigmatic_scale
Imitation of a sound of the bell
A bell tone is a musical technique in which a voice or instrument is made to imitate the sound of a bell. It is characterized by a strong opening articulation
Bell_tone
Relationships between music and mathematics
earlier than for other instruments, such as musical keyboards. Because of this historical force, twelve-tone equal temperament is now the dominant intonation
Music_and_mathematics
Australian pop singer
Toni Watson, known professionally as Tones and I, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She is best known for her 2019 single "Dance
Tones_and_I
his army. Perhaps the earliest recorded use of specific signals via musical tones were...used by Genghis Khan's Mongol cavalry in the late twelfth and
Signal_instrument
Percussion instrument
shape of a hollow cup that—when struck—vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by
Bell
of musical tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 82(1), 88–105. Vos, J., & Rasch, R. (1981). The perceptual onset of musical tones. Perception
Perceptual_attack_time
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