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Recent Examples of tonal
Things got back on track, and Longstreth played another demo: melismatic ornamentation, vocal harmonies, and shifting tonal centers.
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
This loft echoes the area’s artistic roots with bright peachy paint accentuated by tonal artwork and accents.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Those qualities don’t necessarily dominate Music, which is more interested in reveling in the tonal breadth of the voice.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Failing To Consider Leadership's Role Human-centric communication can’t be achieved through tonal changes in messaging or a shift in strategy.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
This loft echoes the area’s artistic roots with bright peachy paint accentuated by tonal artwork and accents.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
Those qualities don’t necessarily dominate Music, which is more interested in reveling in the tonal breadth of the voice.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Failing To Consider Leadership's Role Human-centric communication can’t be achieved through tonal changes in messaging or a shift in strategy.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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Budgerigars are both impressive vocal mimics and also have complex vocalizations called warbles that are a mix of noisy and harmonic calls.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
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By applying harmonic scaling to energy relationships, this framework integrates these domains seamlessly.—
Eric Solis,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In exploring this connectivity, Lindeman extends the reach of her music further than ever, while also continuing to grow the Weather Station’s sound into a vespertine orchestral domain all its own.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sparse piano chords, a slow-blues structure, hovering orchestral arrangements and the cry within Ledisi’s voice all hark back to Nina Simone.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Once contact is made, males rub their chins along the female’s spine, contracting their bodies in rhythmic waves, attempting to maneuver into alignment.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection / For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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Kosky, more than most directors, is sensitive to its polyphonic structure in his staging, which moves around, repeats and trims material throughout to make the show move briskly and with a light hand, allowing the subtext its slithering grace.—
Joshua Barone,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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While Redman and Method Man may not be kicking it, the former believes their lyrical chemistry is still there.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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District 13 Commissioner René Garcia initially opposed the proposal due to lyrical content, but ended up changing her mind.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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