Example: La tonalité entière donne une ambiance particulière à la musique.
Definition
"La tonalité entière" refers to a musical key or tonality based on whole tones, creating a sound where intervals between notes are whole steps rather than the usual mixture of whole and half steps. This gives music a distinctive, often dreamy or ambiguous atmosphere.
The phrase "la tonalité entière" comes from French, where "tonalité" means tonality or key, derived from "ton" meaning tone or sound. "Entière" means entire or whole, signifying that the scale or tonality uses whole tones exclusively. Did you know? Whole tone scales have fascinated composers for their unique and ethereal sound.
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the whole tone