neotonality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The replacement of the tonality of the common-practice period (i.e. functional harmony and tonic-dominant relationships) by one or more non-traditional tonal conceptions, such as tonal assertion or contrapuntal motion around a central chord.

Word forms

neotonality

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