post-tonal music

Post-tonal music refers to musical styles that move beyond traditional tonal centers and key-based structures common in classical and popular music. Instead of focusing on a single key or home note, it explores new ways of organizing pitches, such as using atonal techniques (where no note is a tonal center) or alternative systems like serialism. This approach often emphasizes exploring sound, texture, and organization over familiar melodies and harmonies. Composers aim to challenge conventional listening habits and expand expressive possibilities by blurring or abandoning traditional tonal boundaries.