dodecaphony

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Meaning

1. noun Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.

Similar words

duodecaphony dodecaphonism dodecuple scale twelve-tone technique dodecaphonics dodecuplet dodecad dodecasyllable dodecade duodecet

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dodecaphonic dodecaphonically dodecaphonies dodecaphonist dodecaphonists