Tendency tones. A tendency tone is a pitch (class)—usually represented as a scale degree—that tends to progress to some pitch classes more than others. Sometimes this tendency is absolute within a style, but more often it is context-dependent. The most prominent tendency tones in Western tonal styles are ti (not te) and le (not la ).
In 1991, researchers from the NYU Medical Center discovered that Alzheimer’s patients have reduced 40 Hz brainwaves compared with healthy people. ( paywalled paper) In 2016, MIT’s Alzheimer’s group did experiments on transgenic mice with early Alzheimer’s disease and found that exposing them to a light flickering at a frequency of 40 Hz
Neutral tone. Matter of fact tone. Formal and Informal tone. Serious tone. Humorous tone. The writer’s tone can significantly impact how the reader perceives the writing. In literary terms, tone typically refers to the mood implied by an author’s word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel.
Tone Loc's debut album, Lōc-ed After Dark, was released in January 1989. The video for the first single, "Wild Thing," became a staple on MTV in the US. The song rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the top twenty in Australia. The second single, "Funky Cold Medina," also became a hit. It reached the top 5 in the US, peaking at No. 3
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