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Meaning of TWELVE-TONE SYSTEM
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Definition:
[n]
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:
12-tone music
,
12-tone system
,
twelve-tone music
See Also:
serial music
,
serialism
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