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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 &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;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;
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The difficulty in defining exactly what microtonal music &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;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;
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Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:&lt;br /&gt;
Let's take a look at several popular definitions of microtonality to see what's involved:&lt;br /&gt;