Key
Key
Japanese is not a tonal language; rather, it has two pitches -- "high" and "low". Other and that, it does not use tones to distinguish words as in Chinese.
Tonality
tonality
Tonality
Atonal music.
tonality
tonality
tonality
B. tonal center
Atonality
In general his music is atonal, i.e. having no tonal center. He also introducted complicated rhythms. Whereas "traditional" classical music has a clear tonal center always wanting to come to rest on the tonic of its main key.