POLYTONALITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Music that uses two or more different keys at the same time

Synonyms:

polytonalism; polytonality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("polytonality" is a kind of...):

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Derivation:

polytonal (using more than one key or tonality simultaneously)

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