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'''Microtonal music''' is music that includes [[interval]]s outside of those from the customary Western [[~~12edo~~|tuning of twelve equal divisions of the octave (12edo)]]. The boundaries of microtonal music are fuzzy for various reasons, namely cultural context and psychoacoustic effects.

'''Microtonal music''' is music that includes [[interval]]s outside of those from the customary Western [[tuning system|tuning]] of [[12edo|twelve equal divisions of the octave (12edo)]]. The boundaries of microtonal music are fuzzy for various reasons, namely cultural context and psychoacoustic effects.

== Terminology ==

Many dictionaries define microtonal music as music that employs intervals smaller than a semitone. However, in contemporary practice, "microtonal music" is any music that isn't 12edo, even if it is in a tuning system that does not use any intervals less than a 12edo semitone step.

Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is "'''xenharmonic music'''", coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds significantly different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of ~~[[tuning system|~~systems]] qualify as "xenharmonic" or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.

Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is "'''xenharmonic music'''", coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds significantly different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of systems qualify as "xenharmonic" or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.

== History ==

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-'''Microtonal music''' is music that includes [[interval]]s outside of those from the customary Western [[12edo|tuning of twelve equal divisions of the octave (12edo)]]. The boundaries of microtonal music are fuzzy for various reasons, namely cultural context and psychoacoustic effects.
+'''Microtonal music''' is music that includes [[interval]]s outside of those from the customary Western [[tuning system|tuning]] of [[12edo|twelve equal divisions of the octave (12edo)]]. The boundaries of microtonal music are fuzzy for various reasons, namely cultural context and psychoacoustic effects.
 == Terminology ==
 Many dictionaries define microtonal music as music that employs intervals smaller than a semitone. However, in contemporary practice, "microtonal music" is any music that isn't 12edo, even if it is in a tuning system that does not use any intervals less than a 12edo semitone step.
-Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is "'''xenharmonic music'''", coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds significantly different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of [[tuning system|systems]] qualify as "xenharmonic" or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.
+Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is "'''xenharmonic music'''", coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds significantly different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of systems qualify as "xenharmonic" or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.
 == History ==