tone row

tone row
a series of tones in which no tone is duplicated, and in which the tones generally recur in fixed sequence, with variations in rhythm and pitch, throughout a composition. Also called note row, twelve-tone row.
[1940-45]

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  • tone row — noun Date: 1936 the chosen sequence of tones that serves as the basis for a work of serial music; specifically twelve tone row …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tone-row — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: translation of German tonreihe : twelve tone row …   Useful english dictionary

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  • tone row — noun Music a particular sequence of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale used as a basis for twelve note (serial) music …   English new terms dictionary

  • twelve-tone row — noun : the 12 chromatic tones of the octave placed in a chosen fixed order and constituting with some permitted permutations and derivations the melodic and harmonic material of a movement or work called also tone row * * * /roh/. See tone row.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • twelve-tone row — /roh/. See tone row. Also, twelve note row /twelv noht roh /. [1940 45] * * * …   Universalium

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