TONE ENDING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)