Microtonal music: Difference between revisions

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Many dictionaries define microtonal music as music that employs intervals smaller than a semitone. However, in contemporary practice, microtonal music is any music that is not 12edo, even if it is in a tuning system that does not use any intervals less than a 12edo semitone step.

Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is '''xenharmonic music''', coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds significantly different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of systems qualify as xenharmonic or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.

Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is '''xenharmonic music''', coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds ''significantly'' different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of systems qualify as xenharmonic or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.

=== Scope of this wiki ===

Despite being named the ''Xenharmonic Wiki'', this wiki documents any and all kinds of musical tunings, no matter whether one counts them as xenharmonic or not.

=== Debates and usage ===

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==== Other alternatives ====

{{main|What is microtonal music #Other terms used instead of "microtonal", or in addition to it }}

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

~~Despite being named the ''Xenharmonic Wiki'', this wiki documents any and all kinds of musical tunings, no matter whether one counts them as xenharmonic or not.~~

== History ==

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 Many dictionaries define microtonal music as music that employs intervals smaller than a semitone. However, in contemporary practice, microtonal music is any music that is not 12edo, even if it is in a tuning system that does not use any intervals less than a 12edo semitone step.
-Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is '''xenharmonic music''', coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds significantly different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of systems qualify as xenharmonic or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.
+Several terms have been proposed with more or less similar definitions. A notable example is '''xenharmonic music''', coined by [[Ivor Darreg]], which describes music that sounds ''significantly'' different from 12edo. There are many gray areas regarding what sort of systems qualify as xenharmonic or not, and no rigorous definition seems to be universally acceptable among xenharmonists.
+=== Scope of this wiki ===
+Despite being named the ''Xenharmonic Wiki'', this wiki documents any and all kinds of musical tunings, no matter whether one counts them as xenharmonic or not.
 === Debates and usage ===
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 ==== Other alternatives ====
 {{main|What is microtonal music #Other terms used instead of "microtonal", or in addition to it }}
-==== Scope of this wiki ====
-Despite being named the ''Xenharmonic Wiki'', this wiki documents any and all kinds of musical tunings, no matter whether one counts them as xenharmonic or not.
 == History ==