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polytonal
[ pol-ee-tohn-l ]
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è´Ç±ôy·³Ù´Ç²Ôa±ô·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of polytonal1
Example Sentences
It’s six minutes of deep-bottomed polytonal funk — topped with synthesizer jabs and horn lines, goaded by a hard-rock guitar riff — that veers between disenchanted verses and a conditionally optimistic chorus.
“Deep Blue†touches on Minimalism, psychedelia and traditional jazz, with a steady backbeat, a polytonal piano lick, electric sitar and back-talk from trumpet, clarinet and violin.
The sparse acoustic guitar at the beginning is deceptive; soon she’s in a polytonal tangle of horns, guitars and cross-rhythms, living up to her admonishment: “Bite off as much as you can chew.â€
Pentatonic arpeggios pile up in multiple keys; a polytonal roar escalates and evaporates.
The chorus of “Nice,†sung by its co-producer Pharrell Williams, is “I can do anything,†but the song pours on sarcasm in a track full of edgy, shifty polytonal chords.
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