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TONE ENDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
Synonyms:
release; tone ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tone ending" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tone ending"):
explosion; plosion (the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant)
