Definition of "tonal" []

• Of or relating to tones, a tone, or tonality. (adjective)

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• "I would probably "ground" the audience in tonal conventional music sounds during the real-world part of Zann and move them into atonal "out-there" sounds when that window opens (if I am recalling the story correctly)."
• "Tonality and atonality (as syntaxes) may be anathema to one another, but the relationship between consonance and dissonance in tonal music is a defining characteristic of tonality."
• "When you hear someone use the word tonal to describe an outfit’s color scheme, they are referring to looks like this one."