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Pitch - Tonality
HSC Pitch Tonality
Term | Definition |
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PITCH | refers to the relative highness and lowness of sounds |
Tonality | the way notes are arranged by a composer, usually based on a scale or mode |
Tonal Centre | the note or tone that the scale and the piece are based on |
Diatonic | refers to the major or minor scales used in the music. |
Major tonality | Tonality based on the major scale |
Minor tonality | Tonality based on the minor scale |
Pentatonic | Based on a five note scale |
Modal tonality | Based on scales called modes - originally from the medieval period |
Chromatic scale | Scale based entirely on semitones |
microtone | Interval that is smaller than a semitone |
Whole tone scale | Scale based on equal steps of whole tones |
Atonal | A piece with no tonal centre |
World music | Music outside of the western tradition |
key | The note that the scale is based upon |
modulation | A change in key in the middle of a piece of music |