tritonalityn.
/trʌɪtəʊˈnalɪti/ Music.
The simultaneous use of three keys in a musical composition.
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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
1931 Music & Lett. Oct. 323 Atonalities, bitonalities, tritonalities and their peers are best heard and not seen.
Derivatives
triˈtonal adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style by tonal organization > specific
enharmonian1603
enharmonic1603
harmonical1603
enharmoniac1681
polytonic1892
quarter-tonal1912
atonal1922
polytonal1923
pandiatonic1937
tritonal1944
serial1947
dodecaphonic1950
pantonal1958
1944 Scrutiny 12 121 The Lydian [mode]..is harmonically treacherous owing to its imperfect tritonal fourth.
1963 Listener 17 Jan. 141/2 The third movement is at the opposite tritonal pole, F sharp.
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