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Definition of Atonal
1. Adjective. Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality.
Definition of Atonal
1. Adjective. (music) Lacking a tonal center or key. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atonal
1. lacking tonality [adj] : ATONALLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atonal
Literary usage of Atonal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on English Divines by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"have aeen that the design of the miracles of Moses, as atonal performances, was
not to instruct the Israelites in spiritual subjects, but to nuke them ..."
2. The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Proceedings by Yusuf Pisan, SIGART. (2005)
"... Articulation Staccato(2), Note Onset Slow(2), Timbre Many(l), Vibrato Fast(l),
Rhythm Rough(l), Metre Triple(l), Tonality Tonal(l), Tonality atonal(l), ..."
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