Talk:Tonality
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"The tonic can be a different tone in the same scale, when the work is said to be in one of the modes of the scale>"
This is a complicated way of introducing the non-tonal modes, and in my view it comes far too early in the article. It's likely to confuse readers. Tony (talk) 10:44, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- I agree with this. In addition, the sentence before said "the single pitch or triad with the greatest stability is called the tonic," and one does not see what is meant by "a different tone in the same scale": different from the one with the greatest stability? In what sense could it be the tonic, then?
- On the other hand, I think that the replacement of "note in the same scale" by "tone in the same scale" is unjustified. It seems to me that tones, once they belong to a scale, become notes (this is a complex matter, yet...). – Hucbald.SaintAmand (talk) 13:42, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Tone is the correct techical term; a note has rhythmic value, and is performed by a specified voice or instrument. Tony (talk) 02:17, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Any objection to removing the threads above that are at least eight years old? Tony (talk) 02:19, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- I suppose you mean archiving? Yes, please. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:22, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Any objection to removing the threads above that are at least eight years old? Tony (talk) 02:19, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Tone is the correct techical term; a note has rhythmic value, and is performed by a specified voice or instrument. Tony (talk) 02:17, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
Lead rewrite
The lead for this article is egregiously unhelpful for a general audience: I'm trying my best to rewrite it, and here's what I have so far:
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But that's still a lot—this is very hard to introduce with no prior context afforded, as simple as the concept feels. — Remsense诉 12:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Incorrect citation of Rheti 1958
I updated the other usages, but removed the one previously associated with "The term tonalité originated with Alexandre-Étienne Choron and was borrowed by François-Joseph Fétis in 1840."
It originally cited Reti, Rudolph (1958). Tonality, Atonality, Pantonality: A study of some trends in twentieth century music. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-20478-0 with a page number needed.
However, Rheti says on page 7 "the term tonality seems to have been introduced into music by the Belgian composer and musicologist Joseph Fétis around the middle of the nineteenth century." which is not what the statment that cited it says. If this isn't the right way to correct this or there is a better way, please feel free to make it so, given the number of other citations around this statement, I chose to leave it as is and only remove the incorrect cite.