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Despite these concerns, ''microtonal'' still remains in broad use among most musicologists as the main catch-all term to describe this kind of music. Because it does not cause too much offense, and because of the sheer inertia of the term being so widely known, it seems likely that ''microtonal'' will continue to be the most common term for non-12edo music in general.

Aside from ''microtonal'', ''xenharmonic'' is the most common other term in broad use, and though its exact boundaries are debated, it is widely agreed among music theorists that ''xenharmonic'' is in some way a more strict version of ''microtonal''. ''Microtonal'' is something of a catch-all term, while ''xenharmonic'' refers to something more specific. But what exactly the boundaries of that "something more specific" continues to be debated.

Aside from ''microtonal'', ''xenharmonic'' is the most common other term in broad use, and though its exact boundaries are debated, it is widely agreed among music theorists that ''xenharmonic'' is in some way a more strict version of ''microtonal''. ''Microtonal'' is something of a catch-all term, while ''xenharmonic'' refers to something more specific. But what exactly the boundaries of that "something more specific" might be continues to be debated.

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 Despite these concerns, ''microtonal'' still remains in broad use among most musicologists as the main catch-all term to describe this kind of music. Because it does not cause too much offense, and because of the sheer inertia of the term being so widely known, it seems likely that ''microtonal'' will continue to be the most common term for non-12edo music in general.
-Aside from ''microtonal'', ''xenharmonic'' is the most common other term in broad use, and though its exact boundaries are debated, it is widely agreed among music theorists that ''xenharmonic'' is in some way a more strict version of ''microtonal''. ''Microtonal'' is something of a catch-all term, while ''xenharmonic'' refers to something more specific. But what exactly the boundaries of that "something more specific" continues to be debated.
+Aside from ''microtonal'', ''xenharmonic'' is the most common other term in broad use, and though its exact boundaries are debated, it is widely agreed among music theorists that ''xenharmonic'' is in some way a more strict version of ''microtonal''. ''Microtonal'' is something of a catch-all term, while ''xenharmonic'' refers to something more specific. But what exactly the boundaries of that "something more specific" might be continues to be debated.
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