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Polytonal vs Polyzonal - What's the difference?

polytonal | polyzonal |

As adjectives the difference between polytonal and polyzonal

is that polytonal is (music) that uses two or more tonalities simultaneously while polyzonal is consisting of many zones or rings.

polytonal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (music) That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously

    • Related terms

    *polytonality

    See also

    * unitonal

    polyzonal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Consisting of many zones or rings.

    • Derived terms

    * polyzonal lens (Webster 1913)