Tones

[Norton]

How can you tell the "tone" of a piece? I think that it's the chord, that the song "rests" but I'm not quite sure. Could anyone explain?

[Outlander]

In this case I believe 'tone' refers to the attitude i.e. angry, sad,moody,dark,light etc etc. just listen if the music doesn't tell you the lyrics will.

[Norton]

Well, the tone refers to the tone of the tone


I mean, people say "this chord progression is in E major" or "we're improvising in F minor" and things like that. That's the "tone" thing that I'm asking about.

[slash]

So you are looking for the Root Note.

[Sunbane]

Yup, what Slash said; it's called root note. In english, "tone" is not the same thing as "note" - whereas in other languages, the same word is often used for both.

[Norton]

Yup, what Slash said; it's called root note. In english, "tone" is not the same thing as "note" - whereas in other languages, the same word is often used for both.

Well, in a Frank Gambale video, he was referring to it as tones, so I thought it would be right.



So, how can the root note be found?

[Spivonious]

The root note is the note that the song is centered around.

If a song is in F# Major, then the root note is F#, root chord is F# Major. It can be found by listening to the song (or section of a song) and choosing the note that sounds most like a resting point.

[SeventhSon]

In English, what "key" the song is in is often referred to as the "tonal center" of the song. IMO, "root note" is used specifically when talking about chords (for which there could be many in a song, obviously).

[Norton]

In English, what "key" the song is in is often referred to as the "tonal center" of the song. IMO, "root note" is used specifically when talking about chords (for which there could be many in a song, obviously).

That's what I thought so.

[Norton]

Alright, I got the whole concept. All by myself


Thanks anyway.