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tone row
noun[ C ]
music specializeduk /ˈtəʊn ˌrəʊ/ us /ˈtoʊn ˌroʊ/(alsonote row)
a set of musical notes, usually the twelve notes of a chromatic scale (= one in which the notes follow each other in semitones), used as the basis of a piece of music, especially serial music :
I was impressed by the intricate patternings of the composer's tone rows.
The composer uses a different note row for each stanza of the song.
The whole composition is based on a single tone row.
I like to compose organically and avoid rigid structures like tone rows.
His compositional process involves the organization and treatment of the note rows.
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