Division of the octave into intervals smaller than the half-tone, the smallest interval used within the tempered scale. Examples include Fokker’s thirty-one-note organ, Partch’s forty-three-note percussion instruments, etc. Microtonal music, compositions based on microtones.

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Tags: Adriaan Fokker, composing, definitions, half-tone, Harry Partch, intervals, microtonal music, microtones, octave, percussion, tempered scale
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