Note
Tonality
Tonality noun - Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music.
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Nearby Word: tonal
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- This Is Exile (Whitechapel)note The lack of tonality in the guitar riffs puts this deathcore song above 9.
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Note that the first four chords of the minor version are the same as the last four chords of the major version; this overlap is often used by composers to modulate between keys or express ambiguity of tonality for various purposes.
Source: Useful Notes / Circle of Fifths
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