unkeyed

• Adjectif désuet signifiant « sans clé » ou « non verrouillé à clé » ; également utilisé en musique pour décrire un instrument sans clés.

An obsolete adjective meaning not keyed or not having a key; also used in music to describe an instrument without keys.

1. Atonal or non-tonalC1formalart

   Characterized by the avoidance of traditional Western tonality, often used in modern or experimental music.

   Atonal / non tonal

   • The composer's unkeyed piece challenged the audience's expectations of harmony.
   • Many 20th-century avant-garde works are deliberately unkeyed.
   • The pianist performed an unkeyed composition that lacked a clear tonal center.

   Synonymesatonaltoneless

   Antonymeskeyedtonal