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(also known as , , and (in British usage) ) is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951). The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music while preventing the emphasis of any one note through the use of tone rows, orderings of the 12 pitch classes. All 12 notes are thus given more or less equal importance, and the music avoids being in a key. The technique was influential on … read more
(also known as , , and (in British usage) ) is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951). The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale … read more
(also known as , , and (in British usage) ) is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951). The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music while preventing… read more

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