Microtonal music: Difference between revisions

BudjarnLambeth (talk | contribs)
m Microtonal: capitalisation
BudjarnLambeth (talk | contribs)
Other alternatives: Move to other page
Line 30: Line 30:


==== Other alternatives ====
==== Other alternatives ====
{{See also| What is microtonal music #Other terms used instead of "microtonal", or in addition to it }}
{{main|What is microtonal music #Other terms used instead of "microtonal", or in addition to it }}
 
The term '''mesotonal'''{{idiosyncratic}} (sometimes capitalized as ''Mesotonal''), meaning "between tones"<ref>https://scholars.uow.edu.au/display/publication78311{{dead link}}</ref>, was created by [[Kraig Grady]] as an alternative to the term ''microtonal'', as well as ''[[macrotonal]]'', where the ''meso-'' prefix suggests neither that the tones are smaller nor larger than typical tones, but simply between them.
 
Kraig does not suggest mesotonal as a replacement term for microtonal, though he suggests it may have been a better term<ref>[http://anaphoriasouth.blogspot.com/2008/05/mesotonal.html Field Stations and Outposts of Anaphoria Island: ''Mesotonal'']</ref>. Instead he differentiates mesotonal from microtonal. Where microtonal music tends to be "technical – commonly referring to working in what is equal divisions or in simple just intonation… Mesotonal tunings involve the use of high harmonics found in the spiral like patterns formed by recurrent sequences"<ref name="fb">https://www.facebook.com/anaphorianembassy/about/{{dead link}}</ref>. Kraig further states that "Mesotonal music is also commonly combined with other art forms such as Shadow Theatre, film, dance and ritual"<ref name="fb"/>, and associates them with "theatrical anthropology and medical ethnomusicology"<ref>[https://www.xenharmonikon.org/author/kraig-grady/ Xenharmonikon | ''Kraig Grady'']</ref>.


==== Scope of this wiki ====
==== Scope of this wiki ====