Pandiatonic
In
music pandiatonic chords and
successions are those formed freely from all
degrees of a
diatonic scale without regard for their
diatonic function, sometimes to the extent of no single pitch being felt as a
tonic. The term was invented by
Nicolas Slonimsky to describe examples such as the
added sixth or the
nonfunctional tonality of composers such as
Aaron Copland (in his populist works; Jaffe, 1992), Igor Stravinsky (in his neoclassical works), and more recently
Steve Reich and
John Adams (Jaffe, 1992).
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List of pandiatonic pieces*
Definition of pandiatonic from the glossary at www.arvopart.org*Jaffe, Stephen. Conversation between SJ and JS on the New Tonality,
Contemporary Music Review 1992, Vol. 6 (2), pp. 27-38
*Mann, William.
The Times (December 27, 1963) via Companion
