HyperDic: 12-tone_system

English > 1 sense of the expression 12-tone system:
NOUNcommunication12-tone system, twelve-tone music, 12-tone music, twelve-tone systema type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg
English > 12-tone system: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA 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).
Synonymstwelve-tone music, 12-tone music, twelve-tone system
Broaderserialism, serial music20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition

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