I would recommend to anyone who has some basic musical education (like can play tunes or improvise a little on the piano/guitar) to try playing with tone rows.

I would recommend to anyone who has some basic musical education (like can play tunes or improvise a little on the piano/guitar) to try playing with tone rows. It's a brain expander on its own -- the discipline of tone rows makes evident the obscure role that tonality or even common chord progressions play even in something by e.g. Eric Dolphy or Sonic Youth (different brands of "experimental music")