WordNet
twelve-tone music
n. 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) [syn: 12-tone music, twelve-tone system, 12-tone system]
Usage examples of "twelve-tone music".
The work in progress looked so odd that her eye ignored it, noting only that it seemed to involve some sort of pseudo-underwater visuals and twelve-tone music.