In music, pieces or sections which confound expectations and may be or are interpreted simultaneously in different ways are ambiguous, such as some polytonality, polymeter, other ambiguous meters or rhythms, and ambiguous phrasing, or (Stein 2005, p. 79) any aspect of music.
ɪn mjˈuːzɪk, pˈiːsᵻz ɔːɹ sˈɛkʃənz wˌɪtʃ kənfˈaʊnd ɛkspɪktˈeɪʃənz ænd mˈeɪ biː ɔːɹ ɑːɹ ɪntˈɜːpɹɪɾᵻd sˌaɪməltˈeɪniəsli ɪn dˈɪfɹənt wˈeɪz ɑːɹ æmbˈɪɡjuːəs, sˈʌtʃ ɐz sˌʌm pˌɑːlɪtənˈælᵻɾi, pˌɑːlɪmˈiːɾɚ, ˈʌðɚɹ æmbˈɪɡjuːəs mˈiːɾɚz ɔːɹ ɹˈɪðəmz, ænd æmbˈɪɡjuːəs fɹˈeɪzɪŋ, ɔːɹ stˈaɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪv, pˈiː. sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn ˌɛni ˈæspɛkt ʌv mjˈuːzɪk.