Tonart

Japanese: Tonart
Tonart

…Other than the Rokucho, branch tunes (Sadacho, Kotsushicho, Suicho, Seicho, Docho, etc.) were also used in ancient times, and most of them are included in the 28 tunes of popular music in the Tang Dynasty. [Yoko Mitani]
[Western]
It is a concept equivalent to the English word "key" and the German word "Tonart." In Western music theory, when a major or minor key has a specific note ( x ) as its tonic (central note), it is called the "x- key." Therefore, it is a more specific concept than "tonality," which means the existence of a central note in a sound structure and its strong dominance over other notes (however, in reality, "key" and "tonality" are often used interchangeably).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Tonart" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…六調子のほかの枝調子(沙陀(さだ)調,乞食(こつしき)調,水調,性調,道調など)も古くは用いられ,それらもほとんどは唐代俗楽二十八調に含まれる。【三谷 陽子】
[西洋]
 英語のkey,ドイツ語のTonartに相当する概念で,西洋の音楽理論においては長調あるいは短調が特定の音(x)を主音(中心音)とした場合にこれをx調という。したがって,音組織における中心音の存在と他の諸音に対するその強力な支配関係を意味する〈調性tonality〉よりも具体的な概念である(しかし現実には,〈調〉と〈調性〉はしばしば混同して用いられている)。…

※「Tonart」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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