Usually means: Use of multiple musical keys.
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  1. polytonality: Merriam-Webster
  2. polytonality: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polytonality: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polytonality: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polytonality: Vocabulary.com
  6. polytonality: Wiktionary
  7. polytonality: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polytonality: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polytonality: Dictionary.com
  10. Polytonality: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. polytonality: Rhymezone
  12. polytonality: FreeDictionary.org
  13. polytonality: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. polytonality: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (music) The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time

Similar:
polytonalism, polymodality, polyphonism, polyphony, polyrhythm, multiphonics, triplophonia, polychord, multitimbrality, polytone, more...

Opposite:
monotony, unison, tonality

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Similar:
polytonalism, polymodality, polyphonism, polyphony, polyrhythm, multiphonics, triplophonia, polychord, multitimbrality, polytone, more...

Opposite:
monotony, unison, tonality



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