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neotonality

neotonality noun: the replacement of the tonality of the common-practice period (i.e. functional harmony and tonic-dominant relationships) by one or more non-traditional tonal conceptions, such as tonal assertion or contrapuntal motion around a central chord.

Noun

neotonality (uncountable)

  1. The replacement of the tonality of the common-practice period (i.e. functional harmony and tonic-dominant relationships) by one or more non-traditional tonal conceptions, such as tonal assertion or contrapuntal motion around a central chord.

Questions about neotonality

What does neotonality mean?
Neotonality means the replacement of the tonality of the common-practice period (i.e. functional harmony and tonic-dominant relationships) by one or more non-traditional tonal conceptions, such as tonal assertion or contrapuntal motion around a central chord.
What part of speech is neotonality?
Neotonality is a noun.

Words near neotonality in the dictionary

  1. neotomid
  2. neotomids
  3. neotomine
  4. neotomines
  5. neotonal
  6. neotonality
  7. neotoponymy
  8. neotradition
  9. neotraditional
  10. neotraditional country
  11. neotraditionalism

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