12-tone_system | ||
1. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) 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) | |
Synonyms: | 12-tone_music twelve-tone_system twelve-tone_music | |
Related terms: | serialism | |
Similar spelling: |
tone_system tense_system |