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MADRIX Effects 268

5.3.1.1 Single Tones

Tones are the basic elements of music. With the

term "tone", one, single tone is meant. You have to distinguish tones from sounds, which are

composed of more than one tone. The basis of all tones is, via a frequency, an exactly defined

sinus tone. An instrumental tone, e.g. from a violin, is a complicated mixture of the (playing and

sounding) basic tone and a couple of simultaneously occurring over tones. This fact, among

others, is responsible for the typical sound of the instrument.

5.3.1.2 Tonality

For defining a certain tonality of a chord, all intervals

have to be included. In most cases, the tonality of the chord is corresponds to the basic tone of

the strongest interval.

5.3.1.3 Scale

In the musical field, the adjectives 'major' and 'minor'

can describe a scale, key, chord, or interval. For intervals, the terms refer to a difference in their

relative width, major referring to notes somewhat further apart; the other terms are classifications

based on the use of certain intervals, especially the major or minor third.