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twelve-tone
twelve-tone (twĕlv′tōn′)adj. Music Relating to, consisting of, or based on an arrangement of the 12 chromatic tones.twelve-tone adj (Music, other) of, relating to, or denoting the type of serial music invented and developed by Arnold Schoenberg, which uses as musical material a tone row formed by the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, together with its inverted and retrograde versions. The technique has been applied in various ways by different composers and usually results in music in which there are few, if any, tonal centres. See serialism twelve′-tone`
adj. of, pertaining to, or being music based on the twelve-tone row. [1935–40] Translationstwelve-tone
twelve-tone of, relating to, or denoting the type of serial music invented and developed by Arnold Schoenberg, which uses as musical material a tone row formed by the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, together with its inverted and retrograde versions. The technique has been applied in various ways by different composers and usually results in music in which there are few, if any, tonal centres |