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microtone

MIE-kroe-tone

[English]

A pitch interval that is smaller than a semitone. This includes quarter tones and intervals even smaller. Composers have experimented in dividing the octave into 31 and 53 microtones, and using this scale as a basis for composition.



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Last Updated: 2016-06-05 16:30:06