Poulenc's Trois mouvements perpétuels, I., may be misinterpreted as polytonal rather than polymodal. In this case, two scales are recognizable but are assimilated through the common tonic (B).

Polyscalarity

Polyscalarity is defined as "the simultaneous use of musical objects which clearly suggest different source-collections. Specifically about Stravinsky's music, Tymoczko uses the term polyscalarity out of deference to terminological

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