The twelve-tone technique
Example: The twelve-tone technique revolutionized modern composition in the 20th century.
Definition
"The twelve-tone technique" is a method of musical composition that uses a series of all twelve notes of the chromatic scale in a particular order, ensuring that no single note is emphasized over others, often creating atonal music. It revolutionized 20th-century modern composition.
Etymology
"The twelve-tone technique" originated from the work of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in the early 1920s. The name refers to the use of all twelve pitches of the chromatic scale arranged in a fixed sequence called a tone row. Did you know that Schoenberg developed this method to break free from traditional tonal music?
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"The twelve-tone technique" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - Music - (C2) - set 1", containing 99 commonly used words.
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