What is the term that describes when a pianist plays—usually with a fist or forearm—a dissonant sounding of several

pitches, each only a half step away from the other, in a densely packed chord?



a. tone cluster

b. eleventh chord
c. polychord
d. tone row
e. Rite chord


ANSWER: a

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