Tone

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Tone may refer to:

Music

Theory

• Pitch (music), the perceived frequency of a note or sound (see also pure tone)
• Note, the name of a pitch
• Whole tone, or major second, a commonly occurring musical interval
• Timbre, the quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production
• Gregorian chant#Melodic types reciting formulas such as Psalm tone and Recitative

Other

• Tones, album by Eric Johnson
• 2 Tone (or Two Tone), style of music combining elements of ska and punk

Language and writing

• Tone (linguistics), the use of pitch in language to distinguish words
• Tone (literature), the mood or feeling of a literary work

Telephone and electronics

• Dial tone, a signal indicating that the exchange is ready to accept a call
• Dual-tone multi-frequency, a dialing system also known as Touch-Tone
• Ringtone, the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call
• Tone control circuits, used to modify an audio signal before it is fed to speakers, headphones or recording devices by way of an amplifier

Geography

• River Tone, Somerset, England
• Tone River, Kanto region, Japan
• Tone, Ibaraki, Japan
• Tone District, Gunma, Japan

Ships

• Tone, Japanese cruiser employed during World War I
• Tone, Japanese cruiser employed during World War II

Physiology

• Tone, State of tension or responsiveness of the organs or tissues of the body.

People

• Tone Loc (born 1966), American hip hop artist and actor
• Franchot Tone, American actor
• Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798), Irish republican
• Tone Tone, American hip hop artist

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