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A semitone is thus made of two steps, and three steps make a three-quarter tone or neutral second, half of a minor third. The 8-TET scale is composed of three-quarter tones. Four steps make a whole tone. Quarter tones and intervals close to them also occur in a number of other equally tempered tuning systems.
Dialogue, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, W.o.O. (1959) Dithyrambe, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, Op. 12 (1923–1924) Études sur les mouvements rotatoires, for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart, eight hands, Op. 45a.; for chamber orchestra, Op. 45c (1961)
A septimal quarter tone (in music) is an interval with the ratio of 36:35, which is the difference between the septimal minor third and the Just minor third, or about 48.77 cents wide. The name derives from the interval being the 7-limit approximation of a quarter tone .
Pages in category "Quarter tones" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Westminster Quarters, from its use at the Palace of Westminster, is a melody used by a set of four quarter bells to mark each quarter-hour. It is also known as the Westminster Chimes, Cambridge Quarters, or Cambridge Chimes, from its place of origin, the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge.
Brian Ferneyhough (Great Britain, b. 1943, quarter tones, 31ET in Unity Capsule for solo flute, 1976; quarter tones and eighth tones in La Chute d'Icare, 1988) Jukka Tiensuu (Finland, b. 1948, quarter tones, non equal temperament tunings) Mathius Shadow-Sky (France, b. 1961, introduces acyclic nonoctave scales in 1980) [113]
Wyschnegradsky in Paris, c. 1930. Ivan Alexandrovich Wyschnegradsky [n 1] (US: / v ɪ ʃ n ə ˈ ɡ r ɑː d s k i / vish-ne-GROD-skee; Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Вышнегра́дский May 14 [O.S. 2 May] 1893 – September 29, 1979), was a Russian composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, including the quarter tone scale (24-tet: 50 cents) utilized ...
Surprisingly, although this tuning system was designed to produce purely consonant major thirds, only eight of the intervals that are thirds in 12 TET are purely just ( 5 : 4 or about 386.3 cents) in the truncated quarter comma shown on the table: The actual quarter-comma notes needed to start or end the interval of a third are missing from ...