Quality hard to convey over text (4)

I believe the answer is:

tone

(Other definitions for tone that I've seen before include "Sound - style" , "Musical note; general character" , "Sound signal on a telephone" , "Quality of sound, voice say" , "Quality of a musical or vocal sound" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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