Word "ATONAL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
Synonyms:
unkeyed

Crossword Clues for ATONAL

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Describing music that is not written in any key or mode (6)
Not real catchy music genre
Note no thanks brought back, not in any mode (6)
Type of music lacking a single key (6)
Type of music lacking a single key The Guardian Weekend 30 Mar 2024
In music, not written in any key or mode (6)
Dissonant, perhaps Universal 22 Mar 2024
Like some music that's challenging to sing New York Times 20 Mar 2024
Not written in a specific musical key (6)
Fourteen letters on a line offering no key
Lacking a musical key LA Times Daily 29 Feb 2024
Intentionally discordant (6)
Lacking a musical key Eugene Sheffer 13 Jan 2024
Like Schoenberg’s music Wall Street Journal 04 Jan 2024
Like many works by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Without a musical key Newsday 10 Sep 2023
Keyless New York Times 20 Aug 2023
(Musically) lacking harmony The Guardian Quick 20 Jun 2023
Not melodic Newsday 14 Jun 2023
Discordant, as music Universal 18 May 2023
Without a musical key Universal 20 Feb 2023
Getting into flat on a ladder, without a key! The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Feb 2023
Without a key, accessing flat on a ladder!
Lacking a key, musically Wall Street Journal 15 Aug 2022
Like some experimental music LA Times Daily 10 Jul 2022
Missing a key? Universal 05 Jul 2022
Not written in any key The Times Concise 29 Apr 2022
Lacking a key Wall Street Journal 09 Apr 2022
Without a key, musically
Without a key The Washington Post 15 Mar 2022
Without a key LA Times Daily 15 Mar 2022
Losing one's key, like a music student? The Washington Post Sunday 22 Aug 2021
Keyless, musically Premier Sunday 28 Mar 2021
Without a musical key The Washington Post 10 Mar 2021
Without a musical key LA Times Daily 10 Mar 2021
Like much avant-garde music New York Times 03 Feb 2021
Without a key The Washington Post 24 Jan 2021
Without a key LA Times Daily 24 Jan 2021
Diplomat on a launch hiding without a key
Lacking a musical key Eugene Sheffer 19 Dec 2020
Lacking a key, in music New York Times 18 Nov 2020
A huge amount, almost all discordant The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Nov 2020
Far from dulcet Newsday 02 Nov 2020
Like Berg's music Thomas Joseph 16 Sep 2020
Composed without using keys The Times Concise 11 Aug 2020
Music not written in a particular key Irish Times Simplex 15 Jun 2020
Sample of beat on album not written in any key
Not exactly hummable The Washington Post 16 May 2020
Not exactly hummable LA Times Daily 16 May 2020
Discordant Thomas Joseph 04 May 2020
Like Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” Wall Street Journal 08 Apr 2020
Lacking a key Wall Street Journal 18 Mar 2020
Having no musical key New York Times 26 Feb 2020
Like Schoenberg’s music Wall Street Journal 21 Nov 2019
Without a musical key Universal 06 Nov 2019
Lacking a key, musically Wall Street Journal 05 Nov 2019
Lacking a key The Washington Post 19 Oct 2019
Lacking a key LA Times Daily 19 Oct 2019
In no key, musically Premier Sunday 29 Sep 2019
Lacking a musical key Universal 25 Sep 2019
Keyless Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2019
Like some music that could be rendered by an alto
Keyless, in music Premier Sunday 18 Aug 2019
Having no key Newsday 01 Jun 2019
Lacking a key USA Today 09 May 2019
Discordant chat on all boards
Lacking musical quality, is uptight about Tchaikovsky's oeuvre initially
Keyless The Times Concise 28 Apr 2019
As drum-major he carries the bone
Like many Berg or Schoenberg pieces The Washington Post Sunday 24 Feb 2019
Missing a key concept? Wall Street Journal 03 Jan 2019
Lacking a musical key
Missing a key concept?
Lacking a key, musically
Lacking a key
Without a key
Lacking a key
Keyless
Discordant New York Times 02 Dec 2018
Keyless New York Times 15 Nov 2018
Lacking scales, a claw moves on The Telegraph Toughie 17 Oct 2018
Like Webern's 'Six Bagatelles' Wall Street Journal 27 Sep 2018
Unkeyed, in music Newsday 26 Aug 2018
Not written in any key Premier Sunday 15 Jul 2018
An alto struggling to describe music such as Schoenberg's?
Stuck in Fiat on a lane without key The Telegraph Cryptic 14 May 2018
Like keyless music Universal 26 Apr 2018
A hundred and fifty without a . . . . without a key
Lacking a key, in music Premier Sunday 07 Jan 2018
Not exactly hummable
Like keyless music
Like Webern's "Six Bagatelles"
Keyless
Discordant
Like some avant-garde music New York Times 14 Dec 2017
Like some 20th-century compositions Jonesin 31 Oct 2017
Like some Alban Berg works The Washington Post 06 Oct 2017
Like some Alban Berg works LA Times Daily 06 Oct 2017
Not written in a key The Times Concise 05 Oct 2017
Of music, lacking an established key The Times Specialist Sunday 24 Sep 2017
Not in any key Premier Sunday 13 Aug 2017
Modernist music descriptor Newsday 12 Aug 2017
Like music without a key Universal 30 Jun 2017
Keyless, musically Universal 29 Jun 2017
Keyless, as some festival entries Newsday 27 May 2017
An alto sadly lacking a certain musical quality The Telegraph Cryptic 12 May 2017
Musically keyless Premier Sunday 30 Apr 2017
Without a key, in music Universal 07 Mar 2017
One hundred + one fifty unkeyed
Area with mostly lofty houses working without a key
Area with mostly lofty houses working without a key The Times Cryptic 10 Feb 2017
Like some avant-garde music
Like some Alban Berg works
Like music without a key
Keyless, musically
Lacking a musical key Premier Sunday 04 Dec 2016
Hard to tap one's toe to Universal 28 Sep 2016
Hardly melodious Universal 23 Sep 2016
Keyless, in music Family Time 29 Aug 2016
Like Berg's music Wall Street Journal 20 Aug 2016
Lacking a key, perhaps Wall Street Journal 20 Jul 2016
An alto in composition lacking an established key The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jul 2016
Jarring, musically Wall Street Journal 21 Jun 2016
Like Stravinsky's later works Wall Street Journal 11 Jun 2016
Discordant Wall Street Journal 14 May 2016
Hard-to-hum, in a way New York Times 16 Mar 2016
(Of music) in no key The Times Concise 09 Mar 2016
Like Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire' Wall Street Journal 02 Mar 2016
An alto could be jarring
Like many Second Viennese School works New York Times 20 Feb 2016
An alto performed with no established key The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2016
Free-form jazz The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2016
Hardly melodious
Without a musical key
Hard to tap one's toe to
Hard to hum, perhaps Newsday 20 Dec 2015
Like some modern music Universal 26 Nov 2015
Discordant-sounding Newsday 04 Oct 2015
Has no key for cab leaving canal boat Irish Times Crosaire 15 Jun 2015
Like many Schoenberg compositions LA Times Daily 05 Jun 2015
Like unkeyed music Universal 31 May 2015
Discordant Universal 02 May 2015
Discordant, musically Universal 20 Apr 2015
An alto can be discordant The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Apr 2015
Lacking a musical quality USA Today 13 Mar 2015
Harsh-sounding, to some LA Times Daily 29 Jan 2015
Like some modern music
Without a key
Without a musical key
Discordant, musically
Like unkeyed music
Harsh-sounding, to some
Like many Schoenberg compositions
Discordant
Discordant-sounding
Hard to hum, perhaps
Like some 20th century music
Lacking a musical quality
Without a key
Lacking a key
Lacking a key
Unkeyed
Lacking a key, musically
Lacking a key, musically
Lacking in harmony
Lacking a musical quality
Hardly melodious
Lacking a musical key
Keyless, as music
As modernist works in solo after a fashion, one discarded
Ear-jarring, musically
Like many a John Cage composition
Musically discordant
Lacking a musical key
Like some noise music
Like some Hindemith works
Keyless
Like the opera "Wozzeck"
Discordant, musically
Really hard to hum along to
Keyless
Really hard to hum along to
Like some 20th-century music
Without a key
Hard-to-hum, say
Without a musical key
Unkeyed
Like much avant-garde music
Like some 20th-century music
Like Schoenberg's "Moses und Aron"
Like Schoenberg's "Moses und Aron"
Tough on melodists
Hardly melodic
Lacking a musical key
Lacking a key center, in music
Missing a key?
Not in any key
In no particular musical key
Like much Schoenberg music
Musically keyless
Lacking a musical key
Like Berg's "Wozzeck"
Discordant to many an ear
Hardly melodic
Lacking a signature, say
Discordant to many an ear
Like much modern music
Having no key
Lacking a key
Like Alban Berg's music
Keyless, as music
Lacking a key
Like much modern music
Discordant
Lacking a key
Like Berg's "Wozzeck"
Like Alban Berg's music
Having no key center
Like Berg's opera "Wozzeck"
Discordant, as music
Like some modern musical compositions
Like many an Anton Webern composition
Like some not-so-catchy melodies
Like Berg's opera "Wozzeck"
Like Arnold Schoenberg's music
Keyless, in music
Lacking a key, musically
Like Schoenberg's music
Unkeyed, musically
Keyless
Hard to hum, perhaps
Like some modern music
Like some music
Keyless, musically
Like Schoenberg's music
Like music without a key
Unkeyed, as some compositions
Out of key
Keyless, in music
Keyless, as music
Like many a Schoenberg composition
Like much 20th-century music
Like much 20th-century music
Like many a Schoenberg composition
Lacking a key, in music
Without key, musically
Lacking a key center
Without a key center
Hard-to-hum
Lacking a key, in music
Like much modern music
Like much of Schoenberg's music
Lacking a key, in music
Discordant, musically
Lacking a key
Off-key
Musical style
Like some modern music
Like much of Schoenberg's music
Musically keyless
Keyless
Musically keyless
Not harmonious
Musically keyless
Keyless
Unkeyed
Lacking a musical key
Without a key
Discordant-sounding
Lacking a key
Like much of Webern's work
Jarring, musically
Lacking a key center
Off key
Unkeyed
Alban Berg's musical style
Lacking musical key
Like Schonberg's music
Lacking a key center
In no particular key
Hard on the ears musically
Lacking a key signature
Like Ornette Coleman's jazz
Like some 20th-century music
Like some modern music
Like some modern music
Like Schoenberg.s music
Like Schönberg compositions
Like Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire"
Lacking a key, perhaps
Unkeyed, as some compositions
Like music without a key
Keyless, to Schoenberg
Like some 20th century music
Like some th-century music
Keyless
Schoenberg's musical style
Like some expressionistic music
Like much modern music
Music employing chromatic pitches equally
Like Schoenberg's music
Like Alban Berg's music
Off-key
Hard on the ear, maybe
Musically unkeyed
Lacking a musical quality
Not keyed
Hardly melodious
Like Schoenberg's works
Like some 20th-century compositions
Unkeyed, musically
Without a key
Like some Oriental music
Like a von Webern composition
Unmelodic
Dissonant
Lacking a keynote
Like Berg's music
Having no key
Scarcely tuneful
Describing some modern music
Without a keynote
Like Schönberg's "Pierrot Lunaire"
Disregarding keys
Like much modern music
Unkeyed, in music
Lacking musical key.
Unrelated to key.
Like some music.
Musical term.
Like modern music.
Term in music.
Like Bartok's works.
Describing some music.
Dissonant.
Describing certain music.
In no definite key: Mus.
Describing music like Schönberg's.
Discordant type of music.
Dissonant: Mus.
Describing music like Schonberg's.
Lacking accuracy of pitch.
Inharmonious.
Lacking a mode in music
Lacking a key
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