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The 19 pages that link to Tonal music, each with the reason it gives.

• Classical musicRelated: Tonal relationships became a central organizing principle across several historical periods.

• Twelve-tone techniqueCompared with: Twelve-tone technique replaces tonal hierarchy with systematic use of all twelve pitch classes.

• Arnold SchoenbergCompared with: Schoenberg began within tonality before seeking alternatives to its organizing force.

• AtonalityCompared with: Its hierarchical key structure is the organizing basis atonality avoids.

• FugueNarrower topic: Most traditional fugues use tonal relationships to shape answers, entries, and modulations.

• Chord progressionNarrower topic: Chord progressions are a principal means of organizing tonal music.

• Medieval musicCompared with: Its harmonic hierarchy differs from the modal organization of much medieval repertory.

• Musical scaleNarrower topic: Scale-based pitch hierarchies are a foundation of tonal organization.

• Olivier MessiaenCompared with: Messiaen’s symmetrical modes loosen the pull of tonal centers without abandoning recognizable harmony.

• The Well-Tempered ClavierNarrower topic: The collection’s sequence tests compositional possibilities across the tonal key system.

• DissonanceRelated: Tonal music supplies expectations that make some intervals sound more tense than others.

• Philip GlassCompared with: Glass’s music often retains tonal centers while avoiding conventional harmonic progression.

• TonalismRelated: Tonalism takes its name from the unified color relationships that bind its paintings.

• Harmonic rhythmNarrower topic: Traditional accounts of harmonic rhythm often describe changes through tonal functions.

• Key signatureNarrower topic: Key signatures are most at home in notation for music with an established tonal center.

• Tone rowCompared with: Tonal music prioritizes a home pitch, while a row avoids repeating that hierarchy as its organizing basis.

• Heinrich SchenkerNarrower topic: Schenker’s method interprets tonal relationships as the basis of large-scale musical coherence.

• Arvo PärtNarrower topic: Pärt’s mature style draws on tonal centers rather than abandoning tonality.

• Nicolas SlonimskyCompared with: Slonimsky’s systematic patterns offered composers routes beyond familiar tonal practice.