About The Word Twelve-tone system

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Twelve-tone system

Twelve-tone system Meaning & Definition
Twelve-tone system Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Twelve-tone system?

[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 | Synonyms for Twelve-tone system: 12-tone music | 12-tone system | twelve-tone music

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See Also | serial music | serialism

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