atonalin a sentence
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Arnold Schoenberg, whose music is generally used to define the term, atonal music, was opposed to the term.
atonal = music that does not exhibit the traditional hierarchy of chord progressions and key signatures
- I think it is finally my atonal screeching that awakes them.† (source)
- His nervous humming broke into low, atonal song: "Lou, Lou, skip to m' Lou, skip to m' Lou my daaarlin…"† (source)
- His rhythm was different, atonal and strange, but not unpleasant.† (source)
- The effect (described as timeless, sustained ecstasy) is elicited by certain atonal vibrations referred to as semuta music.† (source)
- The guns beat their heavy, atonal music into the air.† (source)
- Now he let a panful of broken glass slide into one of the bags with an atonal jingle.† (source)
- The words had been uttered with the Bene Gesserit controlled atonals, carrying in it every shade of contempt and scorn that Paul could put there.† (source)