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Pandiatonic

In music pandiatonic chordss and successions are those formed freely from all degrees of a diatonic scale without regard for their diatonic function, sometimes to the extent of no single pitch being felt as a tonic. The term was invented by Nicolas Slonimsky to describe examples such as the added sixth or the nonfunctional tonality of composers such as Aaron Copland (in his populist works; Jaffe, 1992), Igor Stravinsky (in his neoclassical works), and more recently Steve Reich and John Adams (Jaffe, 1992).

The Beatles used pandiatonicism in many of their songs, including This Boy (Mann, 1963).

• List of pandiatonic pieces

Source

• Jaffe, Stephen. Conversation between SJ and JS on the New Tonality, Contemporary Music Review 1992, Vol. 6 (2), pp. 27-38
• Mann, William. London Times (December 27, 1963) via Companion

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