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atonality::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atonalism |
| Type of | musical notation |
| Derivation | atonal |
Examples of atonality
atonality
Atonality in its broadest sense describes music that lacks a tonal center, or key.
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Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key.
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Yes, one could hear the Bach influence, but the complicated atonality that characterized Sch?
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Next came a section of gnarly fingerpicking, with brisk arpeggios that delved into atonality.
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This dark tragedy took Strauss's music to the borders of atonality.
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Unfortunately for him, atonality was in vogue among serious musicians during much of his lifetime.
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This album embraces atonality and abandons most conventional concepts of modes, scales and pitch.
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This new atonality created orderings of notes that defied the ability of listeners to discern patterns.
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He grew tired of being asked why he hadn't injected atonality or serialism into his musical language.
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- The absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
- (atonal) characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
- Atonality in its broadest sense describes music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Atonality in this sense usually describes compositions written from about 1908 to the present day where a hierarchy of pitches focusing on a single, central tone is not used and the notes of the chromatic scale ...
- A style of music that is written without a key; A passage written without a key
- (atonal) Lacking a tonal center or key
- (atonal) the absence of a tonal center
- (Atonal) The lack of tonality (see Tonal). Atonal music contains pitches or harmonies in which there is no hierarchy or order in relation to a "home" or tonic pitch of a key. Atonal music, because it lacks a sense of structure, tends to sound disconcerting to some listeners.
- (Atonal) Music which is composed without a 'key' (such as G major or E minor). Common in the 20th century, other methods of organising pitches were sometimes used instead, such as the 'Tone Row'
- (Atonal) Music without any key. i.e. using all 12 notes. Chords are generally very dissonant.
