tone row

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tone row (r

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n. Music

An ordering of notes employing all 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.

tone row, series

(Music / Classical Music) Music a group of notes having a characteristic pattern or order that forms the basis of the musical material in a serial composition, esp one consisting of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale Also called note row See also serialism, twelve-tone

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tone row, tone series (US)

n (twelve-tone music) → Reihe f

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