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... Microtonal scales • >12 pitch categories per octave • perceptually analogous to 12ET ...
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Microtonal music



Microtonal music or microtonality is the use in music of microtones—intervals smaller than a semitone, which are also called ""microintervals"". It may also be extended to include any music using intervals not found in the customary Western tuning of twelve equal intervals per octave.
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