Editing Tonality (section)

=== Tonal theories ===
In a slightly different sense to the one above, tonality can also be used to refer to musical phenomena perceived or pre-interpreted in terms of the categories of tonal theories.

This is a psychophysical sense, where for example "listeners tend to hear a given pitch as, for instance, an<!--not a mistake--> A above middle C, an [[augmented fourth|augmented 4th]] above E{{sup|{{Music|flat}}}}, the minor 3rd in an F{{Music|sharp}} minor triad, a dominant in relation to D, or {{music|scale|2}} (where the caret designates a scale degree) in G major rather than a mere acoustical frequency, in this case [[440 Hz|440&nbsp;Hz]]".{{sfnp|Hyer|2001a}}