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12-tone system
12-tone system
/twɛlv toʊn ˈsɪstəm/
noun
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)
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12-tone music
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12-tone system
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twelve-tone music
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twelve-tone system
)
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)
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