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Polytonality

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Simultaneous use of two or more tonalities in a musical composition.

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n. The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time

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n. music that uses two or more different keys at the same time

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"By the late 1940s, he was already employing modern classical ideas such as polytonality and dissonance, and working in unusual time signatures to create a distinctive jazz sound."

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music