| NOUN | communication | 12-tone system, twelve-tone music, 12-tone music, twelve-tone system | a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg |
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| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | twelve-tone music, 12-tone music, twelve-tone system | |
| Broader | serialism, serial music | 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition |
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