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tonality vs tonic key

tonic key vs tonality

tonality and tonic key both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tonality Yes No No No
tonic key Yes No No No
As nouns, tonic key is a hyponym of tonality; that is, tonic key is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tonality:
  • tonality: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
  • tonic key: the basic key in which a piece of music is written
Other hyponyms of tonality include major key, major mode, minor key, minor mode, home key.
tonality (noun) tonic key (noun)
any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music the basic key in which a piece of music is written
Difference between tonality and tonic key

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