dodecaphony
Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale…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.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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.
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3 languagesOrigin
From dodeca- + -phony.From dodeca- + -phony.
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Lessons for this word
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