Definitions
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- adjective music That uses two or more
tonalities simultaneously
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective using more than one key or tonality simultaneously
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Examples
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The first half ended with the Ives Sonata No. 4, an unruly pastiche of hymns, marches and folk songs in a polytonal texture, which simply stopped mid-phrase.
Virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn holds her audience rapt but adds some irritants 2011
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Here's the group's first TV appearance; the polytonal divergence with the accompaniment notwithstanding, it's quite a first impression:
I Promise to Remember Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Here's the group's first TV appearance; the polytonal divergence with the accompaniment notwithstanding, it's quite a first impression:
Archive 2008-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The big polytonal palaver of folk-tunes in Biber's "Battalia."
Salvati dunque e scolpati Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Four dual-oscillator SEM modules each with its own filters and envelopes are joined together along with a simple analog mixer and 49-note keyboard to give you a polyphonic/polytonal Obie-beast!
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Four dual-oscillator SEM modules each with its own filters and envelopes are joined together along with a simple analog mixer and 49-note keyboard to give you a polyphonic/polytonal Obie-beast!
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"Trio Four for Eight," a polytonal piece that gets pretty far away from what anyone would call jazz, takes on the challenge of silence, culminating with Tani Tabbal and Vincent
NYT > Home Page By JON PARELES 2010
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The song flowed straight ahead, without any polytonal progressions.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Sam DeLeo 2010
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I was using polytonal chords on the bridge, and I wanted to call it 'Milhaud Meets
latimes.com - News 2010
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Four dual-oscillator SEM modules each with its own filters and envelopes are joined together along with a simple analog mixer and 49-note keyboard to give you a polyphonic/polytonal Obie-beast!
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