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Recent Examples of tonal
Her use of tonal color and phrasing offers a distinctive perspective alongside traditional Western interpretations.
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Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
Both feature unlikely partnerships and manage big tonal swings while keeping the characters firmly at the center.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
One of the biggest mistakes this series has made, other than the massive tonal shift between Seasons 1 and 2, has been bringing back more survivors into the modern timeline.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Every major hospital show has confronted this tonal clash throughout its run; stalwarts such as ER and Grey’s Anatomy have depended on ever larger and more absurd set pieces (tank invasions, ferry disasters, helicopter crashes) to ratchet up the action.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
Both feature unlikely partnerships and manage big tonal swings while keeping the characters firmly at the center.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
One of the biggest mistakes this series has made, other than the massive tonal shift between Seasons 1 and 2, has been bringing back more survivors into the modern timeline.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Every major hospital show has confronted this tonal clash throughout its run; stalwarts such as ER and Grey’s Anatomy have depended on ever larger and more absurd set pieces (tank invasions, ferry disasters, helicopter crashes) to ratchet up the action.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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Then there was Freeman, daringly traipsing around their harmonic fringes in hard-rocking, blazing solos.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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But in spite of the musical excellence of the orchestra’s guest and substitute musicians, Thursday’s CSO highlighted the challenges of becoming an orchestral revolving door, with Canellakis’ former ensemble often struggling to find a unified voice.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Ryan: Who composed the strings and more orchestral flourishes?—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Then the crickets become a new rhythmic feint, arranged for trap rhythm, and then another bass line blows up the landscape.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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If the rhythmic releases of norepinephrine correlate with the arrival of a larger tracer at a sensor on the brain’s surface, that would be a fascinating finding.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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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
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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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The outlet unveiled its definitive ranking on Monday (April 7), placing Minaj at the top spot based on a comprehensive set of criteria, including chart performance, cultural impact, lyrical skill, longevity, and flow.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The lyrical content of Vernon’s records have long been marked with a tinge of turmoil, and his tendency towards heavy introspection has, at times, cornered him into a trope of a melancholy, lovesick songwriter.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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