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tone

sound with a typical pitch; steady periodic sound; characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness), and timbre (or quality)
Class type of: sound Q2717062

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
musical concept
Subclass of
sound[2]
Part of
music, composed musical work[3][4]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[6][7]
Different from
Ton, musical tuning, downtuning[13][14][15]
Has characteristic
pitch, duration, loudness, timbre[8][9][10][11]
Manifestation of
musical pitch[12]
Said to be the same as
tone[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en tone en musical tone ar نغمات موسيقية ar نغمة موسيقية ar النغمة الموسيقية ar النغمات الموسيقية cs tón de Ton el τόνος es tono es tono musical fa ارتفاع fi sävel fr son musical he טון (מוזיקה) he טון מוזיקלי hu hang hu zenei hang id nada musik id nada
🔖 Identifiers · 11
GND ID
4185645-4
OpenAlex ID
C86011254
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/8008
Dewey Decimal Classification
620.2 (534–781.2, n=3)
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121lywrj
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tone
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1990788
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
86011254
Museum-digital tag ID
2410
NL CR AUT ID
ph201902
SVKKL authority ID
0316483-ton-fonetika

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🔗 Connections
Has characteristic 3
timbre, pitch, loudness
Subtypes 3
overtone, embellishing tone, subharmonic
Different from 2
Ton, musical tuning
Part of 2
music, composed musical work
← Different from 2
Ton, musical tuning
Named after 1
Otamatone
Subclass of 1
sound
← Facet of 1
reverberation
← Represents 1
note sign
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Summary

tone is a musical concept[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for tone include Otamatone[16], a brand[17], in Japan[18], founded in 2009[19], headquartered in Torrance[20].

Why It Matters

Entities named for tone include Otamatone[16], a brand[17], in Japan[18], founded in 2009[19], headquartered in Torrance[20].

Related Entities

composed musical work music

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0316483-ton-fonetika
    Has characteristic → pitch, duration, loudness +1
    Instance of → —
    Part of → music, composed musical work
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0316483-ton-fonetika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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