serialism

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Definitions

noun

Music, especially from the 20th century, in which themes are based on a definite order of notes of an equal-tempered scale.

Related words

Synonyms

serial music schillinger system set theory serial art locrian mode harmonic series scale structuralism symmetry lattice scheme theory formalism scheme ordinal scale monzo spectral theory

Associated

aleatory aleatoric tonality nono minimalism babbitt tonal incompatible berg luigi rhythmic serial

Rhymes

imperial ism managerial ism

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