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While microtonal music may not be easy to define, most people know it when they hear it.

Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones in the ~~[[http://youtu.be~~/~~ztV8ONIMgmo|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.)

Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones 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 ~~[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v~~=~~Ap9rprPvdy4|~~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.

Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:

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While microtonal music may not be easy to define, most people know it when they hear it.

Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones in the <a class="wiki_link_ext~~" href="http://youtu.be/ztV8ONIMgmo" rel="nofollow~~">octave</a> (the octave is a frequency ratio of 2:1 in Western music, or 1200 cents. A &quot;cent&quot; is defined as 1/100 of a semitone.)

Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones in the octave (the octave is a frequency ratio of 2:1 in Western music, or 1200 cents. A &quot;cent&quot; is defined as 1/100 of a semitone.)

The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal <a class="wiki_link_ext~~" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap9rprPvdy4" rel="nofollow~~">music</a> 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.

Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:

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 While microtonal music may not be easy to define, most people know it when they hear it.
-Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones in the [[http://youtu.be/ztV8ONIMgmo|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.)
+Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones in the &lt;span class="wiki_link_ext"&gt;octave&lt;/span&gt; (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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap9rprPvdy4|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 &lt;span class="wiki_link_ext"&gt;music&lt;/span&gt; **//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.
 Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:
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 While microtonal music may not be easy to define, most people know it when they hear it.&lt;br /&gt;
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-Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones in the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/ztV8ONIMgmo" rel="nofollow"&gt;octave&lt;/a&gt; (the octave is a frequency ratio of 2:1 in Western music, or 1200 cents. A &amp;quot;cent&amp;quot; is defined as 1/100 of a semitone.)&lt;br /&gt;
+Conventional Western music uses 12 logarithmically equal semitones in the &lt;span class="wiki_link_ext"&gt;octave&lt;/span&gt; (the octave is a frequency ratio of 2:1 in Western music, or 1200 cents. A &amp;quot;cent&amp;quot; is defined as 1/100 of a semitone.)&lt;br /&gt;
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-The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap9rprPvdy4" rel="nofollow"&gt;music&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
+The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal &lt;span class="wiki_link_ext"&gt;music&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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 Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:&lt;br /&gt;