| 释义 | serialism
 se·ri·al·ismS0280500 (sîr′ē-ə-lĭz′əm)n. Music 1.  Serial compositions.2.  The theory or composition of serial music.se′ri·al·ist n.
 serialism(ˈsɪərɪəˌlɪzəm) n (Music, other) (in 20th-century music) the use of a sequence of notes in a definite order as a thematic basis for a composition and a source from which the musical material is derived. See also twelve-tonese•ri•al•ism(ˈsɪər i əˌlɪz əm)
 n.   a technique for composing music in which tones are used in fixed sequences of arbitrary placement without regard for tonality.  [1960–65]  se′ri•al•ist, n.   Thesaurus
 TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeserial music| Noun | 1. | serialism - 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical compositionserial musicmusic - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner12-tone music, 12-tone system, twelve-tone music, twelve-tone system - a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row) | 
 serialismRelated to serialism: Total serialism
 Synonyms for serialismnoun 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical compositionSynonymsRelated Wordsmusic12-tone music12-tone systemtwelve-tone musictwelve-tone system
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