Bitonal

/baɪˈtoʊn.əl/ adjective

In music, relating to or using two different tones or tonal centers simultaneously, rather than being based on a single key or tonal center.

From 'bi-' (two) and 'tonal' (relating to tone or key), from Latin 'tonus' meaning sound or tension. The term developed in 20th-century music theory to describe modernist compositions.

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