"Tone" is like the mirror when water reflects your interest. Are they still waters, or turbulent with conflicting desires and interests?
"Tone" is like frozen water. Snow can scale the heights between the rolling plains and the tops of mountains. As can "tone."
"Tone" is what you make it. It's an ocean, a river, a creek, a mud puddle.
"Tone" is emotion.
A note-smith worries about how fast they play.
A tone-smith makes sure however fast they play, that their tone speaks to their own heart. This, in turn, makes speaking to the heart of the audience, much