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While [[microtonal music]] may not be easy to define, most people know it when they hear it. | While [[microtonal music]] may not be easy to define, most people know it when they hear it. | ||
Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal [[ | Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal [[semitone]]s in the [[octave]] (the octave is a frequency ratio of 2:1 in Western music, or 1200 [[cents]]. A "cent" is defined as 1/100 of a semitone.) | ||
The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal music '''''is''''' arises from the long history of Western music. Definitions of music have changed enormously over the past 2500 years of Western history, and as a result the very definition of what is and is not standard practice in Western has transformed beyond all recognition. | The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal music '''''is''''' arises from the long history of Western music. Definitions of music have changed enormously over the past 2500 years of Western history, and as a result the very definition of what is and is not standard practice in Western has transformed beyond all recognition. | ||