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The '''Microtone''' is an [[interval measure]] that can be considered as sufficiently precise for all thinkable musical and music-science purposes. Besides its high accuracy, it is of high neutrality since it favors neither twelve-tonality nor even the [[octave]]. Nevertheless its relevance for practical application in music is low due to the incompatibility with "[[human scale]]". Humans are not good at big numbers and have only limited pitch perception (the [[Just-noticeable difference]] (JND) is around 6 cents). | The '''Microtone''' is an [[interval measure]] that can be considered as sufficiently precise for all thinkable musical and music-science purposes. Besides its high accuracy, it is of high neutrality since it favors neither twelve-tonality nor even the [[octave]]. Nevertheless its relevance for practical application in music is low due to the incompatibility with "[[human scale]]". Humans are not good at big numbers and have only limited pitch perception (the [[Just-noticeable difference]] (JND) is around 6 cents). | ||
One actual microtone ('''1µt''') would be defined as one millionth of the [[tone]] | One actual microtone ('''1µt''') would be defined as one millionth of the [[tone]]. Alternately, one symmetric microtone or "round number" microtone can be pemitted to be derived from 1/6 of an octave. | ||
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| <tt>0.000,203,910,002</tt> | | <tt>0.000,203,910,002</tt> | ||
| <tt>2.03910001730774835488973465474759621023555E-4</tt> | | <tt>2.03910001730774835488973465474759621023555E-4</tt> | ||
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|Tone (=2\12) | |||
|200¢ (exactly) | |||
|200 | |||
|2E+2 | |||
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|Microtone | |||
|200µ¢ | |||
|0.0002 | |||
|2E-4 | |||
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