atonal

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English - Turkish
atonal
{s} ahenksiz

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{i} ahenksizlik
atonality
ölçüsüz olma
atonality
(isim) ahenksizlik
atonally
ölçüsüz olarak
Turkish - Turkish
Yeni bir bestecilik çığırına göre, ton ve makam temeline bağlı kalmadan oluşturulan (beste)
English - English
Lacking a tonal center or key
a commonly misused term which refers to music having no perceived tonal center This perception is often due to the uneducated ears of the listener Twelve-tone and serial music can almost always be referred to as atonal Also, many 19th century compositions (Liszt's Nuages gris for instance or the opening section of the Faust Symphony) can also be referred to as atonal (although these works or passages may be more correctly described by the term suspended tonality)
{s} having no key (Music)
characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality
Music that has no well-defined tonal center; it often also implies the lack of chords or other traditional harmonic structures
describes a piece or passage of music which is in no discernible key
Atonal music is music that is not written or played in any key or system of scales. (4)
Refers to music that's not in any specific key Sounds alien and dissonant to most people
Music that lacks a tonal centre, or in which all pitches carry equal importance
1 What most songs sound like on a first sight-reading 2 Music that looks better than it sounds
the absence of a tonal center
Not having a key
Music that lacks a tonal center, or in which all pitches carry equal importance

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atonal music
music which has no key, music which is not based on a certain key
Atonal.
unkeyed

an unkeyed flute.

atonality
A passage written without a key
atonally
In an atonal manner; without tone
atonality
Music which rejects traditional tonality Music which abandons the use of a tonic or key center to which all the notes and chords of a piece are related
atonality
Absence of a key center or tonic, music without a definite tonality
atonality
A style of music that is written without a key
atonality
{i} (Music) absence of a key; atonal style of composition; alternative to the diatonic system
atonality
In music, the absence of functional harmony as a primary structural element. Probably originally a pejorative term applied to music of extreme chromaticism, it has become the most widely used descriptive term for 20th-century music whose connection with tonality is difficult to hear. Arnold Schoenberg and his students Alban Berg and Anton Webern are regarded as the seminal atonal composers; the serialism of their later work is often distinguished from their earlier "free atonality
atonality
The notes of an octave are played independently without a key center
atonality
Atonality music avoids any key or mode by making free use of all twelve notes of the chromatic scale Since all twelve notes are given equal importance, there is no pull towards any central tonic
atonality
the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
atonality
avoidance of a tonic note and of tonal relationships in music
atonality
The absence of a key or tonal center in a musical composition
atonality
a piece of music is considered atonal when it does not rely on a specific key
atonality
a group of tones where none dominate resulting in the absence of a tonal center
atonality
Lacking a tonal center
atonality
The absence of any feeling of tonality
atonally
without tonality; "he composes atonally"
atonally
without traditional tonality (Music)
atonally
without tonality; "he composes atonally
Turkish - English
mus. atonal
having no key (Music)
atonal
atonal

    Hyphenation

    a·ton·al

    Turkish pronunciation

    eytōnıl

    Pronunciation

    /āˈtōnəl/ /eɪˈtoʊnəl/

    Etymology

    [ (")A-'tO-n&l, ( ] (adjective.) 1922. 2a- + tonal.
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