Tone
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Tone
- Tone (literature)Tone (literature)Tone is a literary technique that is a part of composition, which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work. Tone may be formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, guilty, condescending, or many other possible attitudes...
, a literary technique which encompasses the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work - Tone (linguistics)Tone (linguistics)Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or inflect words. All verbal languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information, and to convey emphasis, contrast, and other such features in what is called...
, the pitch and pitch changes in words of certain languages
- Pitch (music)Pitch (music)Pitch is an auditory perceptual property that allows the ordering of sounds on a frequency-related scale.Pitches are compared as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies,...
, the high or low sound of a musical note - NoteNoteIn music, the term note has two primary meanings:#A sign used in musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch of a sound;#A pitched sound itself....
, the name of a pitch - Whole tone, or major second, a commonly occurring musical interval
- TonalityTonalityTonality is a system of music in which specific hierarchical pitch relationships are based on a key "center", or tonic. The term tonalité originated with Alexandre-Étienne Choron and was borrowed by François-Joseph Fétis in 1840...
, a system of music based on a key "center", or tonic - Tone control, a filter for affecting frequency content of an audio signal
- TimbreTimbreIn music, timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices and musical instruments, such as string instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments. The physical characteristics of sound that determine the...
, the quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production - Reciting toneReciting toneIn chant, a reciting tone is a repeated musical pitch around which the other pitches of the chant gravitate, or by extension, the entire melodic formula that centers on one or two such pitches. In Gregorian chant, reciting tones are used for a number of contexts, including the chanting of psalm...
, such as Psalm tone and recitative, as in Gregorian chants - Mosquito Ringtone, a high-pitched tone that only people under a certain varying age can hear
Other uses
- Tone (TVXQ album)Tone (TVXQ album)TONE is the fifth Japanese studio album of South Korean boy band Tohoshinki, released on September 28, 2011 under Avex Trax in Japan...
, - Tones (album)Tones (album)Tones is the second studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released in 1986 through Reprise Records. The first two tracks, "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes", are re-recordings from Johnson's unreleased first album, Seven Worlds...
, a 1986 album by Eric Johnson - Tone (Jeff Ament album), 2008
- 2 Tone2 Tone2 Tone is a music genre created in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s by fusing elements of ska, punk rock, rocksteady, reggae, and New Wave. It was called 2 Tone because most of the bands were signed to 2 Tone Records at some point. Other labels associated with the 2 Tone sound were Stiff...
(or Two Tone), style of music combining elements of ska and punk - Lightness (color)Lightness (color)Lightness is a property of a color, or a dimension of a color space, that is defined in a way to reflect the subjective brightness perception of a color for humans along a lightness–darkness axis. A color's lightness also corresponds to its amplitude.Various color models have an explicit term for...
, the lightness or brightness (as well as darkness) of a colour - Tone's Spices, a brand owned by Associated British FoodsAssociated British FoodsAssociated British Foods plc is a global food, ingredients and retail company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its ingredients division is the world's second largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes and lactose...
- Tone RiverTone RiverThe is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length and has a drainage area of...
, in the Kantō region of Japan - Tone, GunmaTone, GunmaTone was a village located in Tone District, Gunma, Japan.On February 13, 2005 Tone, along with the village of Shirasawa, also from Tone District, was merged into the expanded city of Numata....
, Japan - Tone, IbarakiTone, Ibarakiis a town located in Kitasōma District, Ibaraki, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 18,258 and a density of 733.25 persons per km². The total area is 24.90 km².-External links:*...
, Japan - Tone, Somerset, England
- Tone (magazine), New Zealand technology magazine
Ships
- Japanese cruiser Tone (1907), a ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
- Japanese cruiser Tone (1937), a ship of the IJN
Physiology
- Muscle toneMuscle toneIn physiology, medicine, and anatomy, muscle tone is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the muscle’s resistance to passive stretch during resting state. It helps maintain posture, and it declines during REM sleep.-Purpose:Unconscious nerve impulses maintain the...
, the state of tension or responsiveness of the organs or tissues of the body - Toning exercisesToning exercisesToning exercises are physical exercises that aim to develop a physique with a large emphasis on musculature. In this context, the term toned implies leanness in the body , and noticeable muscle definition and shape, but not significant muscle size – the body should appear tight but not big.The...
, the use of exercise to develop hard, but not necessarily large, musculature tone
Given name
- Tone LōcTone LōcAnthony Terrell Smith , better known by his stage name Tone Lōc, is an American rapper and actor.-Early life and career:...
(born 1966), American hip hop artist and actor - Tone Damli AabergeTone Damli AabergeTone Damli Aaberge is a Norwegian singer. She became famous for participating as a young contestant in the Norwegian version of the Idol series....
, Norwegian singer - Tone, American producer and member of the production group TrackmastersTrackmastersThe Trackmasters are the successful production duo of Poke and Tone , sometimes credited as Poke & Tone, best known for their commercial hit records in the late 90s and early 2000s. Throughout their career they have worked with various hip-hop and R&B artists including R...
- Tone, alias of Tony Chung, member of Taiwanese-American mainstream pop duo Cool SillyCool SillyCool Silly is a Taiwanese-American mainstream pop duo consisting of producer/singer Tone and rapper/actor Leeway. Renowned artist Tone formed this band after releasing his first debut album titled "我的6:57am" , and recruited two other members to form Cool Silly: Rapper/actor Leeway Cool Silly is...
Surname
- Franchot ToneFranchot ToneFranchot Tone was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty and many other films through the 1960s...
(1905–1968), American actor - Theobald Wolfe ToneTheobald Wolfe ToneTheobald Wolfe Tone or Wolfe Tone , was a leading Irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members of the United Irishmen and is regarded as the father of Irish Republicanism. He was captured by British forces at Lough Swilly in Donegal and taken prisoner...
, Irish republican - Yasunao ToneYasunao ToneYasunao Tone is a Japanese artist who has worked with many different types of media throughout his career. He was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1935, and he graduated from Chiba Japanese National University in 1957, majoring in Japanese literature. He became active in the Fluxus movement in the 1960s and...
(born 1935), Japanese artist