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Meaning of 12-TONE MUSIC

 
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 Definition: 
[n]  a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
 
 Synonyms: 12-tone system, twelve-tone music, twelve-tone system
 
 See Also: serial music, serialism

 

 

 

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