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In this period, the term tonos humanos was synonymous with tonadas or profane songs.
WeLove-music 2009
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Si no hubiese guiado y la gente hace otra vez un salto de tono, habría acabado creando una escala de tonos enteros, y le sería difícil que la melodía parezca terminar en alguna parte.
World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale on Vimeo 2010
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The "Epitaph of Seikilos" uses the vocal notes of the diatonic Iastian tonos, conventionally transcribed as the two-octave scale from "B" to "b'" with two sharps:
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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There are two sets of letters for each tonos - one for vocal pitches and the other for instruments.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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The Iastian tonos is consistent with the moderate ethos of the epigram, ballanced between two extremes.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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Fue el hecho de presenciar una tranquilidad totalmente nueva para mí, es respirar un aire tan denso, de sentir tonos en decadencia, una experiencia potente para mí.
cruda Diary Entry cruda 2005
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This petition was not granted them; instead, decrees were issued in which the emperor ordered the governor of [Nan] gasaqui to notify the tonos of Firando and other places that under pain of [_MS. torn_] they should allow no
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[Greek: esti d 'ouch ho logos tou rhêtoros, Aischinê, timion, oud' ho tonos tês phônês, alla to tauta proaireisthai tois pollois, kai to tous autous misein kai philein, housper an hê patris.]
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography George William Erskine Russell 1886
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Fearing because some of these were persons of rank, and had many relatives, and some of them were actually officials in the same city, in order to prevent any revolt from arising he asked the neighboring tonos for a large number of soldiers.
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Su música es una mezcla de letras en espa ñol y tonos gitanos, y su personaje es parte estrella de Bollywood, parte princesa Inca.
News 2011
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