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The word tone is used in several different fields with different meanings.

In music, tone may be synonymous with:

Pitch (music) , the perceived frequency of a note or sound. See also Pure Tone .

Note , the name of a pitch, or the graphic representation of that pitch in a notation system, and sometimes its Note Value .

Whole Tone . Cf. Semitone

Timbre

geography

River Tone - a river in England

Tone River - a river in the Kanto region of Japan

Tone, Ibaraki , a town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Tone District, Gunma , a district in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

Tone Loc - An early popular west coast rapper famous for his hits "Funky Cold Medina" and "Wild Thing."

Setting Tone , a writer's attitude to their subject matter or audience; the distinctive mood created by this.

Tone (linguistics) refers to discrete pitches or pitch contours used by certain languages in a meaningful manner

Muscle Tone , the firmness or strength of a tissue or organ.

''Tone'' , a World War II cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy named after the river

'' Tones '', a 1986 album by Eric Johnson

Tone , a 1970s band led by David Sancious

Dual-tone Multi-frequency or tone dialing (as opposed to pulse dialing)