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tone row

–noun Music.
a series of tones in which no tone is duplicated, and in which the tones generally recur in fixed sequence, with variations in rhythm and pitch, throughout a composition.


Origin:
1940–45
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tone row   (rō)   
n.   Music
An ordering of notes employing all 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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