What is microtonal music: Difference between revisions
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Perhaps the most popular term other than "microtonal" is "xenharmonic". | Perhaps the most popular term other than "microtonal" is "xenharmonic". | ||
'''[[Xenharmonic]]''' is a term coined by the late Ivor Darreg, from Greek ''xenos'' "strange, foreign" + ''harmonikos'' "sound, harmonic" to classify music in tunings that are definitely aurally distinct from the typical twelve tone equal tuning. | '''[[Xenharmonic]]''' is a term coined by the late Ivor Darreg, from Greek ''xenos'' "strange, foreign" + ''harmonikos'' "sound, harmonic" to classify music in tunings that are definitely aurally distinct from the typical twelve tone equal tuning. | ||