(n)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), Syn.12-tone system, twelve-tone system, 12-tone music
(n)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), Syn.12-tone system, twelve-tone system, 12-tone music