Tone
The word tone is used in several different fields with different meanings.Music
- Note (Tone) - the abstract concept of note refers both to a unit of fixed pitch which has been given a name, and also to the graphic representation of that pitch in a notation system, and sometimes its duration.
- Pitch (music) - the perceived frequency of a note or sound. See also pure tone.
- Interval (music) - A whole tone is the difference in pitch between notes two semitones apart, also referred to as major second, the ratio 9:8 (just intonation), or in atonal or set theory an interval of 2. A semitone is half a whole tone or a minor second, the ratio 16:15, or the interval 1.
- Timbre - Tone is also used as the quality of sound or timbre of an musical instrument.
Other fields
- Setting tone Authors set a tone in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through words.
- Tone (linguistics) refers to discrete pitches or pitch contours used by certain languages to distinguish words from each other.
- In physiology, tone refers to the firmness or strength of a tissue or organ. See muscle tone and toning up, also topics in physical fitness.
- River Tone - a river in England.
- Tone River - a river in the Kanto region of Japan.
- Tone, a World War II cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy named after the river.
- Tone, Ibaraki - a town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
- Tone District, Gunma - a district in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
- Tones, a 1986 album by Eric Johnson.
Commonly used in discussing
- phonology - voice
- Dual-tone multi-frequency or tone dialing (as opposed to pulse dialing)