chromaticism

[ kroh-mat-uh-siz-uhm, kruh- ]

nounMusic.
  1. the use of chromatic tones.

  2. a style in which chromatic tones predominate.

Origin of chromaticism

1
First recorded in 1875–80; chromatic + -ism

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