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... tone , or serial , technique , which is based on the concept that a 12 - tone row ( a specific ordering of the 12 tones of the chromatic scale ) forms the entire basis for the organization of a composition . This original row of tones ...
... tone , or serial , technique , which is based on the concept that a 12 - tone row ( a specific ordering of the 12 tones of the chromatic scale ) forms the entire basis for the organization of a composition . This original row of tones ...
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... tone of the horn was appropriate for its use in signalling during the hunt . By midcentury , the mouthpiece had been ... tones of the piccolo . By the end of the 19th century the alto flute , a weak instrument dynamically , joined the ...
... tone of the horn was appropriate for its use in signalling during the hunt . By midcentury , the mouthpiece had been ... tones of the piccolo . By the end of the 19th century the alto flute , a weak instrument dynamically , joined the ...
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... tones in imitation of the falling and rising tones for the word for " son " in his language , as for instance in the case of some African tone languages , he is doing so by means of a linguistic transfer . His call to his son is now ...
... tones in imitation of the falling and rising tones for the word for " son " in his language , as for instance in the case of some African tone languages , he is doing so by means of a linguistic transfer . His call to his son is now ...
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