Question

Atonal music _____.

Answer 1

? Can we get some context?

Answer 2

choices:

A) is not based on typical major/minor scales
B) often uses the chromatic scale
C) lacks a clear tonal sound
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

let's start with a working definition of atonal music/atonality

"Atonality, in music, the absence of functional harmony as a primary structural element.... the emphasis on expressive chromaticism had caused successive chords to relate more strongly to each other than to a common tonic firmly established by intermittent harmonic cadences."

https://www.britannica.com/art/atonality

pay attention to: "the absence of functional harmony" (in other words, the absence of harmony based on major and minor scales and chords) and "emphasis on expressive chromaticism" as well as the general meaning of "atonal"