Atonal Music vs the World (techno, instrumental, effect, orchestra)

da_musicnOOb · 04-04-2009, 01:55 PM

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.

04-04-2009, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
da_musicnOOb Groupie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	Atonal Music vs the World 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.