Meaning Of The Word Tone row

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tone row in American English
the group of pitches, arranged in an arbitrary and unique order, which serves as the basis of a composition in twelve-tone or serial music
noun: 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

tone row in British English
noun: a group of notes having a characteristic pattern or order that forms the basis of the musical material in a serial composition, esp one consisting of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale

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