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12-tone system   Listen
12-tone system

noun
1.
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 music, twelve-tone system.






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