chromaticize

verb

chro·​mat·​i·​cize

-ed/-ing/-s

intransitive verb

: to use in chords and progressions notes that are foreign to a given tonality : use the tones of the chromatic scale

transitive verb

: to make chromatic in harmonic structure

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