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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">The 24-tone equal temperament is also known as **quarter-tone tuning**, since it evenly divides the 12-tone equal tempered semitone in two. Quarter-tones are the most commonly used microtonal tuning due to its retention of the familiar 12 tones and since it is the smallest microtonal equal temperament that contains all the 12 notes. | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">[[toc|flat]] | ||
=Theory= | |||
The 24-tone equal temperament is also known as **quarter-tone tuning**, since it evenly divides the 12-tone equal tempered semitone in two. Quarter-tones are the most commonly used microtonal tuning due to its retention of the familiar 12 tones and since it is the smallest microtonal equal temperament that contains all the 12 notes. | |||
==Intervals== | ==Intervals== | ||
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0-5-10 (another kind of "neutral", splitting the fourth in two. The 0-5-10 can be extended into a pentatonic scale, 0-5-10-14-19-24, that is close to equi-pentatonic and also close to several Indonesian šlêndros. In a similar way 0-7-14 extends to 0-4-7-11-14-18-21-24, a heptatonic scale close to several Arabic scales.) | 0-5-10 (another kind of "neutral", splitting the fourth in two. The 0-5-10 can be extended into a pentatonic scale, 0-5-10-14-19-24, that is close to equi-pentatonic and also close to several Indonesian šlêndros. In a similar way 0-7-14 extends to 0-4-7-11-14-18-21-24, a heptatonic scale close to several Arabic scales.) | ||
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[[image:http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/n/s14_blue.gif]] = quarter-tone sharp | [[image:http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/n/s14_blue.gif]] = quarter-tone sharp | ||
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For example, the scale 0-5-10-15-20 is written as C-D[[image:http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif]] (or E[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png]]) F G[[image:http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif]] (or A[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png]]) Bb. | For example, the scale 0-5-10-15-20 is written as C-D[[image:http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif]] (or E[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png]]) F G[[image:http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif]] (or A[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png]]) Bb. | ||
=Compositions= | |||
"Prométhée enchaîné" by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromental_Hal%C3%A9vy|Fromental Halévy]] (considered the first mainstream western orchestral composition to use quarter tones.) | "Prométhée enchaîné" by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromental_Hal%C3%A9vy|Fromental Halévy]] (considered the first mainstream western orchestral composition to use quarter tones.) | ||
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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_quarter_tone_pieces|List of quartertone pieces on Wikipedia]]</pre></div> | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_quarter_tone_pieces|List of quartertone pieces on Wikipedia]]</pre></div> | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>24edo</title></head><body>The 24-tone equal temperament is also known as <strong>quarter-tone tuning</strong>, since it evenly divides the 12-tone equal tempered semitone in two. Quarter-tones are the most commonly used microtonal tuning due to its retention of the familiar 12 tones and since it is the smallest microtonal equal temperament that contains all the 12 notes.<br /> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>24edo</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:10:&lt;img id=&quot;wikitext@@toc@@flat&quot; class=&quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaTocFlat&quot; title=&quot;Table of Contents&quot; src=&quot;/site/embedthumbnail/toc/flat?w=100&amp;h=16&quot;/&gt; --><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:10 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:11: --><a href="#Theory">Theory</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:11 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:12: --><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:12 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:13: --><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:13 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:14: --> | <a href="#Notation">Notation</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:14 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:15: --> | <a href="#Compositions">Compositions</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:15 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:16: --> | ||
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The 24-tone equal temperament is also known as <strong>quarter-tone tuning</strong>, since it evenly divides the 12-tone equal tempered semitone in two. Quarter-tones are the most commonly used microtonal tuning due to its retention of the familiar 12 tones and since it is the smallest microtonal equal temperament that contains all the 12 notes.<br /> | |||
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The twelve new intervals in quartertones are:<br /> | The twelve new intervals in quartertones are:<br /> | ||
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1150 cents - minor octave, supermajor seventh<br /> | 1150 cents - minor octave, supermajor seventh<br /> | ||
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The 5-limit approximations in 24-tone equal temperament are the same as those in 12-tone equal temperament, therefore 24-tone equal temperament offers nothing new as far as approximating the 5-limit is concerned. The 7th harmonic-based intervals (7:4, 7:5 and 7:6) are just as bad in 24-tET as in 12-tET, although they are approximated by different intervals. To achieve a satisfactory level of approximation while maintaining the 12 notes of 12-tET requires high-degree tunings like 72-tET, 84-tET or 156-tET.<br /> | The 5-limit approximations in 24-tone equal temperament are the same as those in 12-tone equal temperament, therefore 24-tone equal temperament offers nothing new as far as approximating the 5-limit is concerned. The 7th harmonic-based intervals (7:4, 7:5 and 7:6) are just as bad in 24-tET as in 12-tET, although they are approximated by different intervals. To achieve a satisfactory level of approximation while maintaining the 12 notes of 12-tET requires high-degree tunings like 72-tET, 84-tET or 156-tET.<br /> | ||
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0-5-10 (another kind of &quot;neutral&quot;, splitting the fourth in two. The 0-5-10 can be extended into a pentatonic scale, 0-5-10-14-19-24, that is close to equi-pentatonic and also close to several Indonesian šlêndros. In a similar way 0-7-14 extends to 0-4-7-11-14-18-21-24, a heptatonic scale close to several Arabic scales.)<br /> | 0-5-10 (another kind of &quot;neutral&quot;, splitting the fourth in two. The 0-5-10 can be extended into a pentatonic scale, 0-5-10-14-19-24, that is close to equi-pentatonic and also close to several Indonesian šlêndros. In a similar way 0-7-14 extends to 0-4-7-11-14-18-21-24, a heptatonic scale close to several Arabic scales.)<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:18:&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/n/s34_blue.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; --><img src="http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/n/s34_blue.gif" alt="external image s34_blue.gif" title="external image s34_blue.gif" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:18 --> = three-quarter-tone sharp<br /> | ||
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:19:&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/n/f14_blue.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; --><img src="http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/n/f14_blue.gif" alt="external image f14_blue.gif" title="external image f14_blue.gif" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:19 --> = quarter-tone flat<br /> | ||
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Alternately, in another notation system,<br /> | Alternately, in another notation system,<br /> | ||
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:21:&lt;img src=&quot;http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; --><img src="http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif" alt="external image quartertonesharp.gif" title="external image quartertonesharp.gif" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:21 --> can be used as a quarter-tone sharp,<br /> | ||
††† (the horizontal line should connect all three vertical lines) can be used as a three-quartertone sharp,<br /> | ††† (the horizontal line should connect all three vertical lines) can be used as a three-quartertone sharp,<br /> | ||
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For example, the scale 0-5-10-15-20 is written as C-D<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule: | For example, the scale 0-5-10-15-20 is written as C-D<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:24:&lt;img src=&quot;http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; --><img src="http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif" alt="external image quartertonesharp.gif" title="external image quartertonesharp.gif" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:24 --> (or E<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:25:&lt;img src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; --><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png" alt="external image 9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png" title="external image 9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:25 -->) F G<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:26:&lt;img src=&quot;http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; --><img src="http://faculty.mansfield.edu/jmurphy/oldsite/quartertonesharp.gif" alt="external image quartertonesharp.gif" title="external image quartertonesharp.gif" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:26 --> (or A<!-- ws:start:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:27:&lt;img src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt; --><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg/9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png" alt="external image 9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png" title="external image 9px-Arabic_music_notation_half_flat.svg.png" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRemoteImageRule:27 -->) Bb.<br /> | ||
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&quot;Prométhée enchaîné&quot; by <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromental_Hal%C3%A9vy" rel="nofollow">Fromental Halévy</a> (considered the first mainstream western orchestral composition to use quarter tones.)<br /> | &quot;Prométhée enchaîné&quot; by <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromental_Hal%C3%A9vy" rel="nofollow">Fromental Halévy</a> (considered the first mainstream western orchestral composition to use quarter tones.)<br /> | ||