pandiatonicismn.
/ˌpandʌɪəˈtɒnᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌpænˌdaɪəˈtɑnəˌsɪz(ə)m/ Music.
The practice of allowing chords to be formed from any combination of notes of the diatonic scale.
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enharmonic1603
chromaticism1879
atonality1922
polytonality1923
bitonality1927
diatonism1927
atonalism1928
quarter-tonality1930
diatonicism1931
pentatonism1931
tritonality1931
pandiatonicism1937
microtonality1946
pantonality1946
dodecaphonism1951
dodecaphony1952
serialism1955
pentatonicism1958
minimalism1981
tonalism1990
1937 N. Slonimsky Music since 1900 p. xxii Pan-diatonicism sanctions the simultaneous use of any or all seven tones of the diatonic scale, with the bass determining the harmony.
1970 Composer & Conductor Aug. 6/1 I myself [sc. N. Slonimsky] ventured into musical neologism with Pandiatonicism to describe a 20th-century technique in which all seven tones of the diatonic scale are used freely in dissonant combinations.
1994 L. Sitsky Mus. of Repressed Russ. Avant-garde 36 It was also a demonstration of the future possibilities of polyphony (including pandiatonicism and polytonality).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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