Polytonalitet

Polytonalitet er bruken av flere tonearter samtidig innen musikk. Når det er snakk om akkurat to tonearter samtidig, benytter en ofte betegnelsen bitonalitet. Et velkjent eksempel på dette finnes i balletten Petrusjka av Igor Stravinskij. I den andre delen blir det spilt en fanfare der førsteklarinetten spiller en melodi på tonene i en C-durakkord, mens andreklarinetten spiller den samme melodien på tonene i en F#-durakkord. Her låter det dissonerende, men polytonalitet kan i andre tilfelle også konsonere.


== Kilder ==
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== Eksterne lenker ==
Polytonalitet i Store norske leksikon
Polytonalitet i Den Store Danske