serial music

1. 1.

   20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition

   Synonymsserialism

   Broadermusic

   Narrowertwelve-tone music

Questions about serial music

What does serial music mean?

serial music means "20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition".

What is another word for serial music?

Close synonyms include serialism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.