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Originally Posted by da_musicnOOb
When ever people hear me mention that word "atonal", they start drawing a blank of confusion. I'm starting out in music at school and atonal music seems oddly different from the other classical types of music, and it's hard for me to hear it.
So I'm wondering if you guys consider: Pierrot lunaire and 5 Pieces for Orchestra Opus 16, both composed by Schoenberg, as atonal pieces of music? I'm defining atonal as having no sense of a tonal centre or key.  |
I find atonal music great for sleeping. Usually quite Melody oriented with little distractions from the main theme. No tonal center of key though is referring to the 12 tone system where notes are assighned number values in created scales. There is no key signature, therefore making it hardder to learn but with a wider range of possibilities.