12-tone System — synonyms, definition

1. 12-tone system (Noun)

3 synonyms
12-tone music twelve-tone music twelve-tone system
1 definition

12-tone system (Noun) — A type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row).

2 types of
serial music serialism