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== History ==

{{Wikipedia|Microtonality#History}} Sometime before 1900, composer [[Julián Carrillo|Julián Carrillo Trujillo]] performed experiments on a violin string, using a razor blade to achieve very precise intervals smaller than a [[semitone]], which he called ''microtono''. Over a decade later, the music theorist {{w|Maud MacCarthy (Omananda Puri)|Maud MacCarthy Mann}} began using the term ''microtone'' to describe [[Indian]] sruti intervals that were smaller than a semitone, to differentiate them from [[quartertone]]s.

Sometime before 1900, composer [[Julián Carrillo|Julián Carrillo Trujillo]] performed experiments on a violin string, using a razor blade to achieve very precise intervals smaller than a [[semitone]], which he called ''microtono''. Over a decade later, the music theorist {{w|Maud MacCarthy (Omananda Puri)|Maud MacCarthy Mann}} began using the term ''microtone'' to describe [[Indian]] sruti intervals that were smaller than a semitone, to differentiate them from [[quartertone]]s.

In the 1910's and 1920's, there was some discussion as to whether the term ''microtone'' was appropriate, or if competing terms, such as ''heterotone'' or ''fraction-tone'' etc., would be clearer. By the 1930's, with interest in American {{w|Blues}} music booming, and with people like Ivor Darreg becoming active with new tuning methods, many more terms were proposed, but the terms ''microtonal'' and ''xenharmonic'' were most prominent in the English language by the end of the decade.

See [[:Category:People|Category: People]] for a list of people involved in microtonality or xenharmonics.

== See also ==

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+{{Wikipedia|Microtonality#History}} Sometime before 1900, composer [[Julián Carrillo|Julián Carrillo Trujillo]] performed experiments on a violin string, using a razor blade to achieve very precise intervals smaller than a [[semitone]], which he called ''microtono''. Over a decade later, the music theorist {{w|Maud MacCarthy (Omananda Puri)|Maud MacCarthy Mann}} began using the term ''microtone'' to describe [[Indian]] sruti intervals that were smaller than a semitone, to differentiate them from [[quartertone]]s.
-Sometime before 1900, composer [[Julián Carrillo|Julián Carrillo Trujillo]] performed experiments on a violin string, using a razor blade to achieve very precise intervals smaller than a [[semitone]], which he called ''microtono''. Over a decade later, the music theorist {{w|Maud MacCarthy (Omananda Puri)|Maud MacCarthy Mann}} began using the term ''microtone'' to describe [[Indian]] sruti intervals that were smaller than a semitone, to differentiate them from [[quartertone]]s.
 In the 1910's and 1920's, there was some discussion as to whether the term ''microtone'' was appropriate, or if competing terms, such as ''heterotone'' or ''fraction-tone'' etc., would be clearer. By the 1930's, with interest in American {{w|Blues}} music booming, and with people like Ivor Darreg becoming active with new tuning methods, many more terms were proposed, but the terms ''microtonal'' and ''xenharmonic'' were most prominent in the English language by the end of the decade.
 See [[:Category:People|Category: People]] for a list of people involved in microtonality or xenharmonics.
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 == See also ==