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Chromaticism
AU:
BBD a10024359
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MT Music terms
W:
May also be used as subdivision to terms in the Works List (WL) hierarchy
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The use of at least some pitches of the chromatic scale in addition to or instead of those of the diatonic scale of some particular key ... In tonal music, chromaticism may occur as a surface detail or on a deeper structural level (New Harvard Dictionary of Music)
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Harmony
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Enharmonic relations
 
Modulation
 
Tonality