Definitions for atonal
eɪˈtoʊn laton·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. atonal, unkeyedadjective

   characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality

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1. atonaladjective

   Lacking a tonal center or key.

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1. atonal

   Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Atonality, in this sense, usually describes compositions written from about the early 20th-century to the present day, where a hierarchy of harmonies focusing on a single, central triad is not used, and the notes of the chromatic scale function independently of one another. More narrowly, the term atonality describes music that does not conform to the system of tonal hierarchies that characterized European classical music between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. "The repertory of atonal music is characterized by the occurrence of pitches in novel combinations, as well as by the occurrence of familiar pitch combinations in unfamiliar environments".The term is also occasionally used to describe music that is neither tonal nor serial, especially the pre-twelve-tone music of the Second Viennese School, principally Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern. However, "as a categorical label, 'atonal' generally means only that the piece is in the Western tradition and is not 'tonal'", although there are longer periods, e.g., medieval, renaissance, and modern modal music to which this definition does not apply. "Serialism arose partly as a means of organizing more coherently the relations used in the pre-serial 'free atonal' music. ... Thus, many useful and crucial insights about even strictly serial music depend only on such basic atonal theory".Late 19th- and early 20th-century composers such as Alexander Scriabin, Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, and Edgard Varèse have written music that has been described, in full or in part, as atonal.

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1. atonal

   Atonal refers to music that lacks a tonal center or key, breaking away from the traditional system of major or minor tonality in western music. It is often associated with modern classical music of the 20th century and does not follow the conventional rules of harmony, instead using dissonance and unusual chord progressions.

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1. ATONAL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Atonal is ranked #160975 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Atonal surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Atonal.
   
   94% or 94 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. latona

How to pronounce atonal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of atonal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of atonal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of atonal in a Sentence

1. Markus Buehler:

   The reason why I did that is I wanted to be able to transfer information really from the spider perspective, which is very atonal and weird and spooky, if you wish, to something that is more human.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atonal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Atonal
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html