tone row: Meaning and Definition of

tone' row"

Pronunciation: [key]
— Music. Music.
  1. a series of tones in which no tone is duplicated, and in which the tones generally recur in fixed sequence, with variations in rhythm and pitch, throughout a composition. Also called note row, twelve-tone row.
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