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microtone
noun[ C ]
music specializeduk /ˈmaɪ.krəʊ.təʊn/ us /ˈmaɪ.kroʊ.toʊn/
a musical interval(= amount by which one note is higher or lower than another) that is smaller than a semitone(= the smallest difference in sound between two notes that are next to each other in the Western musical scale) :
The synthesizers are tuned in microtones.
Microtones occur naturally in many musical cultures, especially in Asia.
Related word
microtonal
She rarely sang any note exactly on pitch, but preferred to work in shades of microtones around the centre.
The music uses the complex time signatures and microtones of the Middle East.
The piece expands the sonic spectrum through the use of microtones in the string parts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Technical music terms
acciaccatura
accidental
aeolian
aleatory
alto clef
antiphonal
discordant
harmonic
harmonic progression
harmony
hemidemisemiquaver
inversion
overtone
rubato
scherzando
scordatura
secco recitative
secondo
staccato
whole step
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