Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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serial music | Yes | No | No | No |
twelve-tone music | Yes | No | No | No |
serial music (noun) | twelve-tone music (noun) |
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20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition | 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) |