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dodecaphony

dodecaphony noun: twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.

Noun

dodecaphony (uncountable)

  1. Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.

Synonyms of dodecaphony

Forms of dodecaphony

alternative formduodecaphony

Origin of dodecaphony

From dodeca- + -phony.

Questions about dodecaphony

What does dodecaphony mean?
Dodecaphony means twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.
What part of speech is dodecaphony?
Dodecaphony is a noun.

Words near dodecaphony in the dictionary

  1. dodecaphonically
  2. dodecaphonics
  3. dodecaphonism
  4. dodecaphonist
  5. dodecaphonists
  6. dodecaphony
  7. dodecaplex
  8. dodecaplexes
  9. dodecaploid
  10. dodecaploidization
  11. dodecaploidizations

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