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  1. Tones

    Tones is the second studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released in 1986 through Reprise Records. The first two tracks, "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes", are re-recordings from Johnson's then-unreleased 1978 debut album Seven Worlds. "Zap" would later receive a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1987 Grammy Awards

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  1. tonesnoun

    Plural noun of tone.

    The piano when played by the composer gave the most beautiful tones and sounds so joyful to the ear of all who had the pleasure of hearing it.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 16, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TONES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tones is ranked #44109 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tones surname appeared 488 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tones.

    54.9% or 268 total occurrences were White.
    33.4% or 163 total occurrences were Black.
    9% or 44 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for TONES »

  1. notes

  2. onset

  3. set on

  4. seton

  5. SONET

  6. steno

  7. stone

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TONES in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TONES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of TONES in a Sentence

  1. Sarah Ash Combs:

    I am here to work with people, work with kids, treat them, make them feel better in the fullest sense of the word, if that means I have to wear mismatched sparkly socks and have a large badge with my face up a little too close and speak really loudly in wacky tones, then sure, I'll do it.

  2. Evelyn Mazzocco:

    We are excited to literally be changing the face of the brand, these new dolls represent a line that is more reflective of the world girls see around them - the variety in body type, skin tones and style allows girls to find a doll that speaks to them.

  3. Gene Baur:

    With a vinyl record, there’s more of a richness and there’s different tones and more full-bodiedness whereas with a CD you have less richness and less fullness.

  4. Susan Hough:

    The earthquake itself, like most large earthquakes, released energy with a wide range of frequencies, the bigger the earthquake, the greater the level of booming low tones. But big earthquakes also release a lot of high-frequency energy. The high-frequency energy gets damped out quickly as it travels through the earth, so the Haiti earthquake was damaging to Port-au-Prince in part because the fault rupture was so close.

  5. George Will:

    He speaks in such modulated, dulcet tones that we tend to sometimes miss some of the harsh things he is saying, so he’s got a rhetorical record that is going to get more scrutiny.

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