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- noun Plural form of
polytonality .
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Examples
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Brubeck's decision to use polyrhythms and polytonalities in jazz came not only from his deep understanding of classical music, but from more unlikely places.
Jamie Cullum: Dave Brubeck and me Jamie Cullum 2010
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It also has, he continued, "the best asymmetries and polytonalities and polyrhythms": their cultural foreignness to the audience at the time probably fueled the agitation.
Pandora 2009
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