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Adjective
/āˈtōnl/,
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Not written in any key or mode,
  1. Not written in any key or mode

  1. characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
  2. (atonality) the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
  3. (atonally) without tonality; "he composes atonally"
  4. Atonality in its broadest sense describes music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Atonality in this sense usually describes compositions written from about 1908 to the present day where a hierarchy of pitches focusing on a single, central tone is not used and the notes of the chromatic scale ...
  5. Lacking a tonal center or key
  6. (atonality) A style of music that is written without a key; A passage written without a key
  7. (Atonality) Music with an absence of tonality. Traditional tonal structures are intentionally ignored or abandoned in this contemporary form of music.
  8. (Atonality) A pathological disease that effects many composers of modern music. It's most noticeable symptom is the inability to make decisions - such as what key we should be in. It's the advanced and sometimes fatal stage of polytonality.
  9. (Atonality) Musical structures derived from other than traditional scale or harmonic systems. Often dissonant, experimental, and colorful. AKA playing ÒoutÓ or outside.
  10. (Atonality) Total abandonment of tonality. Atonal music moves from one level of dissonance to another.
  11. (Atonality) a piece of music is considered atonal when it does not rely on a specific key
  12. (atonality) Avoidance of centering around a specified note or key area.
  13. Music which does not exhibit the traditional hierarchy of chord progressions and key signatures. The term was first used to describe music of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg, who consciously wrote this way.
  14. Music that has no well-defined tonal center; it often also implies the lack of chords or other traditional harmonic structures
  15. 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. ...
  16. The lack of tonality (see Tonal). Atonal music contains pitches or harmonies in which there is no hierarchy or order in relation to a "home" or tonic pitch of a key. Atonal music, because it lacks a sense of structure, tends to sound disconcerting to some listeners.
  17. Music which is composed without a 'key' (such as G major or E minor). Common in the 20th century, other methods of organising pitches were sometimes used instead, such as the 'Tone Row'
  18. 1) Based on a set of rules other than traditional western harmonic system, as in atonal music, see Tonal. 2) How an under-rehearsed band sounds when playing tonal music.
  19. Music without any key. i.e. using all 12 notes. Chords are generally very dissonant.
  20. Music written when the composer either forgets or doesn't know what key they are writing in.
  21. Music not based on a particular key or scale; dissonant music.
  22. music in which a definite tonal center or "key" is purposely avoided
  23. having no discernable key center.