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quarter tone
noun [ C ]
music mainly UKspecializeduk /ˈkwɔː.tə ˌtəʊn/ us /ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ ˌtoʊn/
a difference in sound of a quarter of a tone between two notes that are next to each other, not usually used in the western musical scale:
The use of quarter tones makes the musical textures even denser.
He was the first Russian composer to dabble in quarter tone music.
The use of quarter tones in some of the string writing hints at eastern music.
He uses quarter tones to expand the potential of his harmonic palette.
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Notes of the musical scale
B, b
blue note
C, c
D, d
doh
flat
la
lah
major
mi
middle C
minor
natural
re
register
run
semitone
soh
sol
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