polytonal
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Her testy voice is surrounded in a rich, polytonal murk: multiple tracks of Aquiles Navarro’s trumpet, Keir Neuringer’s saxophone and Kyle Kidd’s vocals over a slowly heaving bass line, burdened but determined.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023
Pentatonic arpeggios pile up in multiple keys; a polytonal roar escalates and evaporates.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
Still, Mr. McDonald said that Milhaud’s polytonal score, with different keys scraping against each other at any one moment, could be rewarding when approached the right way.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2017
Much of his diffuse, polytonal music is as difficult as trying to play a Bach fugue on a musical saw�and often as strange to listen to.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ives' great "Concord" Sonata is a massive four-movement impressionistic piece marked by dense, polytonal chords, rhythmic daring and wit.
From Time Magazine Archive
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