Ton

Definition of the German term Ton in music:

musical note
tone (tone color)
tone (makker of speaking)
melody (in the German Meistersinger-tradition)
sound

Language

German

Singular

Ton

Plural

Töne

Variant

Tone

Synonyms

(1) Note(2) Klang(5) Laut(5) Klang(5) Schall(5) Geräusch

German musical terms that include Ton:

Bariton – baritone (male voice type pitched between tenor an...
Bariton in B – baritone horn (brass instrument)
Baritongitarre – baritone guitar
Baritonhorn – baritone horn (brass instrument)
Baritonoboe – bass oboe
Baritonsarrusophon – baritone sarrusophone
Baritonsaxophon – baritone saxophone
Baritonstimme – baritone voice (male voice type pitched between te...
Baryton – baryton (string instrument similar to the viol, bu...
Bassbariton – bass-baritone (operatic bass voice with a light ba...
Chorton – literally "choir pitch"...
dramatischer Bariton – dramatic baritone (operatic baritone voice with a ...
Durchgangston – passing note
Echoton – subtone (soft and breathy timbre produced on some ...
echotonartig – echolike
Flageolettton – flageolet (harmonic produced on string instruments...
Flexaton – flexatone...
Gabelton – concert pitch
Ganzton – whole tone (interval of two half steps, enharmonic...
Ganztontriller – major trill (rapid alternation of two notes two ha...
Grundton – root note (the first note of a chord or scale)...
Halbton – half step (American English), semitone (British En...
Halbtontriller – minor trill (rapid alternation of two notes a half...
Harfenton – sound of a harp
Hauptton – principal note (for example, the note of a turn or...
Heldenbariton – heroic baritone (operatic baritone voice with exce...
im Volkston – like a folk song
Kammerton – concert pitch
Kirchenton – church mode...
Leitton – leading note, leading tone
Lied im Volkston – song in folk-style
lyrischer Bariton – lyric baritone (operatic baritone voice with a lig...
monoton – monotonous, without emotion
Naturton – natural note, open note (one member of the natural...
Normalton – concert pitch
Oberton – overtone
Obertonregister – mutation stop (organ stop sounding at a pitch othe...
omnitonisches Horn – omnitonic horn (wind instrument of the natural hor...
Orgelton – literally "organ pitch" (pitch standard used in Ge...
Pedalton – pedal note
pentatonische Dur-Tonleiter – pentatonic major scale
pentatonische Moll-Tonleiter – pentatonic minor scale
Schwellton – in singing a crescendo and a diminuendo on a singl...
Teilton – partial, overtone, harmonic
Viertelton – quarter tone (half a half note)
Volkston – folk tune
wie Orgeltöne – like organ tones (to be played sustained and witho...
Wolfton – wolf note (undesirable phenomenon that occurs in s...
Zwölftonmusik – twelve-tone technique

Music scores that include Ton:

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto (1902) Page 5
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1708) Page 4

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