What is microtonal music: Difference between revisions
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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 [[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.) | ||
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 [[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. | ||
Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved: | Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved: | ||
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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.)<br /> | 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.)<br /> | ||
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The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal music <strong><em>is</em></strong> 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.<br /> | The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap9rprPvdy4" rel="nofollow">music</a> <strong><em>is</em></strong> 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.<br /> | ||
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Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:<br /> | Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:<br /> | ||