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)
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12-tone system::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | 12-tone music, twelve-tone music, twelve-tone system |
| Type of | serial music, serialism |
Examples of 12-tone system
12-tone system
A typical Niger-Congo tone system involves two or three contrastive level tones.
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Each tone has its own mass spring system, and six tones fit on a microchip.
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In Somali, the tone system distinguishes grammatical rather than lexical differences.
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The system includes visual strobe alerts, audio tone alerts plus live public address.
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They may only work with push-button telephones using the touch-tone system.
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In the diacritic system, the double acute represents an extra high tone.
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We did not use tone marks in the tangible point system used at Hankow.
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Its accentuation is sometimes described as a simple tone system, often called pitch accent.
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A tone number is a numeral used in a notational system for marking the tones of a language.
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