1. Plural of dodecaphony; compositions or systems of music based on the twelve-tone technique, in which all twelve chromatic pitches are treated with equal importance.
Usage: music; technical; also called twelve-tone music or serialism

Examples

• Schoenberg's dodecaphonies revolutionized twentieth-century classical music.
• The composer explored various dodecaphonies in her experimental works.
• Students of modern music study dodecaphonies to understand serialism.
• Many dodecaphonies employ strict ordering of the twelve pitches.
• The concert featured several dodecaphonies by contemporary composers.