Polymodality

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Polymodality

in music, the combining of different modes, using the same tonic (for example, the Lydian and Phrygian modes). Polymodality is encountered in contemporary music by such composers as B. Bartók, P. Hindemith, O. Messiaen, and S. S. Prokofiev.

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No references found			In discussing polymodality and the creation of the work As I crossed a bridge of dreams (1975), she draws out elements from her own experiences as a female composer in a time and place when these contexts were being challenged and reshaped. Intercultural Music: Creation and Interpretation by Gifford, Anna / Fontes Artis Musicae He was a pioneer of polytonality and polymodality from the early 1900s onwards, besides being a master contrapuntist whose idol was J. Charles Koechlin, Catherine Urner, and the Shatto-Urner manuscript ... by Orledge, Robert / Notes As seen in Figure 2, the combined data set is not well described by parametric distributions, and there is a suggestion of polymodality. A revised probabilistic estimate of the maternal methyl mercury ... by Stern, Alan H. / Environmental Health Perspectives			polymer semiconductor Polymer Solution polymer-cement concrete polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal display polymer-modified stucco Polymera Polymerase polymerase chain reaction polymere polymeric polymeric poured floor Polymerization Polymers, Oriented State of Polymestor polymetamorphic diaphthoresis polymetamorphism Polymethine Dyes polymethyl methacrylate Polymethyl Methacrylate PMMA Polymetry Polymia polymictic polymignite polymignyte polymodal distribution Polymodality polymolecular assembly polymorph polymorphic polymorphic lambda-calculus polymorphic modification polymorphic system polymorphic virus Polymorphism polymorphonuclear leukocyte Polymorphosis polymorphous polymyarian polymyositis polymyxin Polymyxins polyn'ya Polynemidae Polynesia Polynesian Polynesian Languages Polynesian Subregion Polynesians Polyneuritis Polynices Polynoidae			Polymethylmethacrylate Polymethysilane Polymetre Polymetre Polymetric Positive Temperature Coefficient Polymetrics Polymetry Polymia Polymicro Technologies polymicrobial polymicrobial bacterascites polymicrobial necrotizing fasciitis polymicrobic polymicrobic infection Polymicrogyria Polymicrogyria Polymictic Polymide Polymide polymignite polymignyte Polymino Polymixin Polymixin Polymixin Polymnia Polymnia Polymnite Polymodal polymodal distribution Polymodality POLYMODE polymolecular assembly Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae Polymonochlorotrifluoroethylene polymorph polymorph polymorph Polymorphe Polymorphe Polymorphe polymorphemic polymorphic polymorphic polymorphic polymorphic Polymorphic Alu Insertion Polymorphic B Cell Hyperplasia Polymorphic B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder Polymorphic Buffer Overflow Polymorphic code Polymorphic Congenital Cataract, Nonnuclear, Autosomal Dominant Polymorphic Diffuse B-Cell Hyperplasia Polymorphic Epithelial Mucin Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy Polymorphic Estimator polymorphic function Polymorphic Guanine-Cytosine-Rich Sequence Polymorphic Instruction Set Architecture Polymorphic Lambda Calculus polymorphic lambda-calculus

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