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Use "whole number" instead of "integer number" (more beginner-friendly); remove "literal definition": micro- has meant "small" way before meaning one millionth (1873), and therefore the current definition is the most literal one. The "one millionth" interpretation has been moved to User:Xenwolf/Microtone.
 
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{{Wikipedia| Microtonal music #Microtone }}
<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">The **Microtone** is an [[interval measure]] that is sufficiently precise for all thinkable musical and music-science purposes. Besides its high accuracy, it is of a very high neutrality since it favors neither twelve-tonality nor even the [[octave]].
{{About|1=microtonal intervals|2=the interval size measure|3=Microtone (interval size measure)}}


One microtone (**1µt**) is defined as one millionth of the [[Tone]].
A '''microtone''' is any [[interval]] between two musical sounds that cannot be represented by a whole number of semitones.  


== The Microtone Challenge ==
[[Microtonal music]], in a broad sense, is any music composed and performed with any musical intervals outside of the set of those generally accepted in western music traditions.  A microtonal interval, in generally speech, refers to such an interval, which cannot be broken down into standard western theoretical semitones.  In more specific contexts, the meaning of this term might evaporate into that which is vaguely supported by other more specific or technical terms.  Some music theorists with experience in xenharmonic music might tend to think of microtones as intervals smaller than semitones and therefore use a juxtaposed term, such as "macrotone" to describe an interval larger than a semitone but also not a whole number of semitones. Other music theorists within this field of study may avoid this distinction or avoid using the term to describe the field itself or the music or ideas used to compose the music therein.  
A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one [[Cent|Cents]], and 5884949 an octave.


Two sounds differing by 1 µt produce a very slow beat; depending on the frequency one have to wait more or less to recocnize it. The beat frequency is
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* at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes
* in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 KHz) 35 minutes
* at the lower limit of the hearing range (16 Hz) 7 days
 
Given this, will it be ever possible to make a //microtone experience// at all?
 
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German: [[xenharmonie:Mikroton]]</pre></div>
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Microtone&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Microtone&lt;/strong&gt; is an &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/interval%20measure"&gt;interval measure&lt;/a&gt; that is sufficiently precise for all thinkable musical and music-science purposes. Besides its high accuracy, it is of a very high neutrality since it favors neither twelve-tonality nor even the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/octave"&gt;octave&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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One microtone (&lt;strong&gt;1µt&lt;/strong&gt;) is defined as one millionth of the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Tone"&gt;Tone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Cent"&gt;Cents&lt;/a&gt;, and 5884949 an octave.&lt;br /&gt;
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Two sounds differing by 1 µt produce a very slow beat; depending on the frequency one have to wait more or less to recocnize it. The beat frequency is&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 KHz) 35 minutes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;at the lower limit of the hearing range (16 Hz) 7 days&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Given this, will it be ever possible to make a &lt;em&gt;microtone experience&lt;/em&gt; at all?&lt;br /&gt;
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German: &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonie.wikispaces.com/Mikroton"&gt;xenharmonie/Mikroton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>