Polytonal

Définitions de « polytonal »

Polytonal - Adjectif

• (Musique) Relatif à l'utilisation simultanée de plusieurs tonalités dans une composition musicale.

  Dans son œuvre, le compositeur explore les paysages sonores audacieux du polytonal, superposant plusieurs tonalités pour créer une harmonie complexe et riche.

Étymologie de « polytonal »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « polytonal » depuis 1800

Synonymes de « polytonal »

• bitonal

Citations contenant le mot « polytonal »

• They came in their thousands again last night, most – I’m guessing – for “the Elgar”. Lacking faith that Tasmin Little could fill the enormous soul of that most elusive of violin concertos – a prejudice, alas, fulfilled - I put my money on the polytonal jungle Percy Grainger grows from pastoral seeds at the heart of his wacky In a Nutshell Suite. Yet unforgettably though Sir Andrew Davis swept it along, even Grainger was overshadowed by the lone, late-night transcendentalism of folk singer June Tabor.

• Big band centenary tribute sports fine solo and ensemble work and arranging surprises such as the startling polytonal statement on Chi Chi

• Mr. Bley’s style of playing was melodic, measured, bluesy, often polytonal and seemingly effortless. He took as long as he needed to finish a thought, and at the tempo he chose for it. He loved standards but distrusted the strictures of the 32-bar song form, and especially distrusted repetition. His notes could move slowly without telegraphing their destination, drawling down into nothing or cohering into bright, purposefully gapped lines, with backing chords that kept changing the tonal center.

Traductions du mot « polytonal »

Sources et ressources complémentaires

• Définitions du Wiktionnaire
• Définitions du TLFi
• Synonymes de polytonal sur lebonsynonyme.fr