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Microtonality

Microtonality is the use in music of microtones — intervals smaller than a semitone, also called "microintervals". It may also be extended to include any music using intervals not found in the customary Western tuning of twelve equal intervals per octave. In other words, a microtone may be thought of as a note that falls "between the keys" of a piano…

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Microtonality in electronic music

Microtonality in rock music

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related to Further reading · 322
Microtonality → About Backyards, Academic Press, Accessed, Achim Reichel, Acustica, Adding Pitches, Adèr, Aesthetics, Alessandro Barca, Allgemeine Harmonik, Alois, An Encyclopedia, An Unknown, Ancient Chinese Music, Ancient Near East, Annuario, Anouk Jeschke, Aphex Twin Syrobonkers, April, Archaeologia Musicalis
related to Western microtonal pioneers · 93
Microtonality → Alain Bancquart, Alois Hába, Alvin Lucier, Australia, Austria, Bartók, Belgium, Ben Johnston, Brian Ferneyhough, Bruce Mather, Canada, Carlton Gamer, Charles Ives, Claude Ballif, Czechoslovakia, Douglas Leedy, Easley Blackwood, Edgard Varèse, Eivind Groven, Erv Wilson
related to Later Western microtonal composers · 73
Microtonality → Aphex Twin, Brazil, Chinese, Clarence Barlow, Claude Vivier, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Daniel James Wolf, Dave Soldier, David First, Dean Drummond, Dongryul Lee, Elaine Walker, Elizabeth Brown, Enno Poppe, Eric Mandat, Erling Wold, ETs, Fabio Costa, Franklin Cox, François Paris
related to Microtone · 18
Microtonality → English, French, German, In English, In French, Indian, It, Julián Carrillo, Kleinintervall, Maud MacCarthy Mann, Mexican, Microinterval, Microtonal, Mikrointervall, Prior, Spanish, The, The English

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music microtonal equal quarter intervals used intonation just tones octave temperament de term new enharmonic also edition tone tuning microtone

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микротональностьinstance ofthis generalization term allowed also to avoid derivatives0.80text
Jon Catler have incorporated microtonal guitars like 31-tone equal tempered guitarinstance ofwritten and recorded by the delta blues musician Robert Johnson.Musicians0.80text
a 62-tone just intonation guitar in bluesinstance ofwritten and recorded by the delta blues musician Robert Johnson.Musicians0.80text
jazz rock music.English rock band Radiohead has used microtonal string arrangements in their musicinstance ofwritten and recorded by the delta blues musician Robert Johnson.Musicians0.80text
such as oninstance ofwritten and recorded by the delta blues musician Robert Johnson.Musicians0.80text
the 96ETinstance ofmost particularly very dense ETs0.80text
Microtonalityrelated to Further readingAdèr0.60section
Microtonalityrelated to Further readingLidiâ Olegovna0.60section
Microtonalityrelated to Further readingThe Concept0.60section
Microtonalityrelated to Further readingIts Origin0.60section
Microtonalityrelated to Further readingBackground0.60section
Microtonalityrelated to Further readingOpera0.60section

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