adjective Music.
- pertaining to or having tonality.
adjective
- of or relating to tone
- of, relating to, or utilizing the diatonic system; having an established keyCompare atonal
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- (of an answer in a fugue) not having the same melodic intervals as the subject, so as to remain in the original key
- denoting a fugue as having such an answerCompare real 1 (def. 11)