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  2. Microtonality - Wikipedia

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    Microtonality is the use in music of microtones — intervals smaller than a semitone, 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.

  3. 12 equal temperament - Wikipedia

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    12-tone equal temperament chromatic scale on C, one full octave ascending, notated only with sharps. Play ascending and descending ⓘ. 12 equal temperament (12-ET) [a] is the musical system that divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equally tempered (equally spaced) on a logarithmic scale, with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 (≈ 1.05946).

  4. Blue note - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between just and equal temperament tuning is conveniently expressed using the 12-tone equal temperament cents system. Just intonation is common in music of other cultures such as the 17-tone Arabic scale and the 22-tone Indian classical music scale . [ 14 ]

  5. Chromatic scale - Wikipedia

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    The tones of the chromatic scale (unlike those of the major or minor scale) are all the same distance apart, one half step. The word chromatic comes from the Greek chroma, color; and the traditional function of the chromatic scale is to color or embellish the tones of the major and minor scales. It does not define a key, but it gives a sense of ...

  6. Precision cut lung slices - Wikipedia

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    Typically, PCLS are submerged in culture medium within multi-well plates, simulating tissue culture conditions at 37 °C, 5% CO2, and 95–100% air humidity. [9] The culture medium is refreshed daily and optimized with essential nutrients, enabling viable PCLS to be maintained for up to 14 days, a significant improvement compared to previous ...

  7. Arabic maqam - Wikipedia

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    The 24-tone system is entirely a notational convention and does not affect the actual precise intonation of the notes performed. Practicing Arab musicians, while using the nomenclature of the 24-tone system (half-flats and half-sharps), often still perform the finer microtonal details which have been passed down through oral tradition to this day.

  8. Talk:Microtonality - Wikipedia

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    A microtone is a small interval, smaller than a semitone. Bach used semitones, but we don't call his music semitonal, or chromatic, or whatever. I compose extended JI, and the majority of intervals I use are significantly wider than a whole tone. Microtones crop up in the voice leading, but are not especially prevalent.

  9. Magic temperament - Wikipedia

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    In microtonal music, magic temperament is a regular temperament whose period is an octave and whose generator is an approximation to the 5/4 just major third. [1] [2] [3] In 12-tone equal temperament, three major thirds add up to an octave, since it tempers the interval 128/125 to a unison.