ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Neotonality

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Neotonality is a noun meaning (music) The replacement of the tonality of the common-practice period (i.e. functional harmony and tonic-dominant relationships) by one or more non-traditional tonal conceptions, such as tonal assertion or contrapuntal motion around a central chord.

Meaning

(music) The replacement of the tonality of the common-practice period (i.e. functional harmony and tonic-dominant relationships) by one or more non-traditional tonal conceptions, such as tonal assertion or contrapuntal motion around a central chord.

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