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dodecaphony

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
do-de-capho-ny
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.

Uncountable

Etymology

From dodeca- + -phony.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

duodecaphony (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

dodecaphonic

Synonyms

dodecaphonism twelve-tone technique

Questions

What does dodecaphony mean?
Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.
Where does dodecaphony come from?
From dodeca- + -phony.

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