atonality

characteristic that abandons the tonal functions of classical harmony and is based on the autonomy of the degrees of the chromatic scale
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atonality

Summary

atonality is a compositional technique[1]. atonality draws 702 Wikipedia views per month (compositional_technique category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • atonality's instance of is recorded as compositional technique[3].
  • atonality's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • atonality is a type of music[5].
  • atonality is a type of music composing[6].
  • atonality is the opposite of tonal system[7].
  • atonality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atonality[8].
  • atonality's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9].
  • atonality's has list is recorded as list of atonal compositions[10].
  • atonality's related category is recorded as Category:Atonal compositions[11].
  • atonality's related category is recorded as Category:Post-tonal music theory[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include compositional technique[3] and music genre[4]. Recorded subclass of include music[5] and music composing[6]. atonality is the opposite of tonal system[7].

Why It Matters

atonality draws 702 Wikipedia views per month (compositional_technique category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] atonality has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] atonality is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related category Category:Atonal compositions, Category:Post-tonal music theory
    Instance of compositional technique, music genre
    Opposite of tonal system
    Has list list of atonal compositions
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534387005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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