Associations to the word «Polytonality»

Wiktionary

POLYTONALITY, noun. (music) The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time

Dictionary definition

POLYTONALITY, noun. Music that uses two or more different keys at the same time.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats