Serial harmony is based on the idea of organizing a set of pitches in a specific order, and then using this order to generate harmonic structures.

Arnold Schoenberg is credited with developing the twelve-tone technique, which is the foundation of serial harmony.

The row is the basic unit of organization in serial harmony. It is a set of twelve pitches arranged in a specific order.

Permutation is the process of rearranging the pitches in a row to create new pitch sets.

Retrograde is the term for the inversion of a row around its midpoint.

Transposition is the term for the transposition of a row to a different pitch level.

A serial chord is a chord that is derived from a row.

A serial progression is a harmonic progression that is based on a row.

A serial piece is a musical composition that is based on serial harmony.

All of the composers listed are known for their use of serial harmony.

Serialism is the term for the use of serial harmony in conjunction with other compositional techniques.

Serial tonality is the term for the use of serial harmony in conjunction with traditional tonal harmony.

Serial atonality is the term for the use of serial harmony in conjunction with atonality.

Serial polytonality is the term for the use of serial harmony in conjunction with polytonality.

Serial texture is the term for the use of serial harmony in conjunction with other musical elements, such as rhythm, timbre, and dynamics.