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tonal system

arrangements of pitches or chords to induce a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, and attractions
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tonal system

Summary

tonal system is a musical concept[1]. It draws 612 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #32 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • tonal system's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3].
  • tonal system is a type of mode[4].
  • tonal system's Commons category is recorded as Key signatures[5].
  • tonal system is the opposite of atonality[6].
  • tonal system's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tonality[7].
  • tonal system's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Musical keys[8].
  • tonal system's main Wikidata property is recorded as P826[9].
  • tonal system's name in kana is recorded as ちょうせいおんがく[10].

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Definition and Type

tonal system's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3]. It is a type of mode[4]. It is the opposite of atonality[6].

Why It Matters

tonal system draws 612 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #32 of 193).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

composed musical work music

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → atonality
    Subclass of → mode
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → musical concept
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12381, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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