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| | The '''Microtone''' is an [[interval_measure|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|octave]]. |
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| : This revision was by author [[User:xenwolf|xenwolf]] and made on <tt>2013-07-09 16:58:26 UTC</tt>.<br>
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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;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]].
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| One microtone (**1µt**) is defined as one millionth of the [[Tone]]. | | One microtone ('''1µt''') is defined as one millionth of the [[Tone|Tone]]. |
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| == The Microtone Challenge == | | == The Microtone Challenge == |
| A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one [[cent]], and 5884949 an octave. | | A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one [[cent|cent]], and 5884949 an octave. |
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| Two sounds different only by 1µt produce a very slow beat; depending on the frequency one have to wait more or less to recocnize it. The beat frequency is | | Two sounds different only by 1µt produce a very slow beat; depending on the frequency one have to wait more or less to recocnize it. The beat frequency is |
| * at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes
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| * in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 kHz) 35 minutes
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| * at the lower limit of the hearing range (16 Hz) 7 days
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| Given this, will it be ever possible to make a //microtone experience// at all?
| | <ul><li>at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes</li><li>in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 kHz) 35 minutes</li><li>at the lower limit of the hearing range (16 Hz) 7 days</li></ul> |
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| | Given this, will it be ever possible to make a ''microtone experience'' at all? |
| 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"><html><head><title>Microtone</title></head><body>The <strong>Microtone</strong> is an <a class="wiki_link" href="/interval%20measure">interval measure</a> 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 <a class="wiki_link" href="/octave">octave</a>.<br />
| | German: [[:de:Mikroton xenharmonie/Mikroton]] [[Category:interval_measure]] |
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| One microtone (<strong>1µt</strong>) is defined as one millionth of the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Tone">Tone</a>.<br />
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| A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one <a class="wiki_link" href="/cent">cent</a>, and 5884949 an octave.<br />
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| Two sounds different only by 1µt produce a very slow beat; depending on the frequency one have to wait more or less to recocnize it. The beat frequency is<br />
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| <ul><li>at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes</li><li>in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 kHz) 35 minutes</li><li>at the lower limit of the hearing range (16 Hz) 7 days</li></ul><br />
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| Given this, will it be ever possible to make a <em>microtone experience</em> at all?<br /> | |
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| German: <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonie.wikispaces.com/Mikroton">xenharmonie/Mikroton</a></body></html></pre></div> | |