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- 1Whole tone scaleA scale that consists only of wholesteps
- 2Post TonalGeneral term for music after 1900 that doesn't adhere to tonality. Instead composers found other ways to organize pitch from atonality to neotonality
- 3NeotonalityMusic that establishes a pitch as the tonal center but doesn't fallow rules of tonal harmony or counterpoint
- 4AtonalityMusic that avoid a tonal center or central pitch
- 5Nationalist composerA composer looking for musical independence for their nations from the influence of French, Italian and especial Austrian and German composers (especially Wagner). They were influenced instead by native folk melodies and modality.
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