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polytonal
adjective
music specializeduk /ˌpɒl.iˈtəʊ.nəl/ us /ˌpɑː.liˈtoʊ.nəl/
using two or more musical keys(= sets of musical notes based on one particular note) at the same time:
His later works make much use of polytonal harmony.
Polytonal music need not necessarily be brutal and discordant.
Related word
polytonality
The piece sounded polytonal to me, especially as the three instruments entered in turn in the first movement.
Composers began to write bitonal and polytonal music in order to create harmonic stress.
The quartet recordings had polytonal tunes that sometimes went on for ten minutes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Technical music terms
acciaccatura
accidental
aeolian
aleatory
alto clef
antiphonal
discordant
harmonic
harmonic progression
harmony
hemidemisemiquaver
inversion
overtone
rubato
scherzando
scordatura
secco recitative
secondo
staccato
whole step
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