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POLYTONALITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polytonality mean?
• POLYTONALITY (noun)
The noun POLYTONALITY has 1 sense:
1. music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
Familiarity information: POLYTONALITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
polytonalism; polytonality
Hypernyms ("polytonality" is a kind of...):
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Derivation:
polytonal (using more than one key or tonality simultaneously)
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