Twelve-tone Definition
twĕlvtōn
adjective
Relating to, consisting of, or based on an arrangement of the 12 chromatic tones.
American Heritage
Designating or of a system or technique of serial composition, developed by Arnold Schönberg, in which the twelve tones of the chromatic scale are arranged into some arbitrary, fixed succession (tone row) which then forms a basis for development.
Webster's New World
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