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  2. List of quarter tone pieces - Wikipedia

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    Concerto No. 1 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1963) [19] Concerto No. 2 for quarter-tone violin and orchestra (1964) [19] Mass for Pope John XXIII for male chorus in quarter-tones (1920s) [19] Preludio a Colón for vocalizing soprano, octavina (modified bass guitar, in 8th tones), flute, 16th-tone harp, violin, and guitar (1922) [19]

  3. Quartal and quintal harmony - Wikipedia

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    The terms quartal and quintal imply a contrast, either compositional or perceptual, with traditional harmonic constructions based on thirds: listeners familiar with music of the common practice period are guided by tonalities constructed with familiar elements: the chords that make up major and minor scales, all in turn built from major and minor thirds.

  4. Neutral interval - Wikipedia

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    This is the largest neutral seventh, and occurs infrequently in music, as little music utilizes the 13th harmonic. An equal-tempered neutral seventh play ⓘ is characterized by a difference in 1050 cents between the two tones, a hair larger than the 11:6 ratio, and exactly half of an equal-tempered major thirteenth (octave plus major sixth).

  5. Tuplet - Wikipedia

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    The most common tuplet [9] is the triplet (German Triole, French triolet, Italian terzina or tripletta, Spanish tresillo).Whereas normally two quarter notes (crotchets) are the same duration as a half note (minim), three triplet quarter notes have that same duration, so the duration of a triplet quarter note is 23 the duration of a standard quarter note.

  6. Tie (music) - Wikipedia

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    The second note begins a metric grouping, falling on a stressed beat of the meter. This change in notation (choosing the tie rather than the longer note value) does not affect performance, but it makes the music easier to read. Sometimes it can be used to make it clear that it has the appropriate rhythm.

  7. Arab tone system - Wikipedia

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    The next higher octave is nawa and the second tuti. [1] However, from these twenty-four tones, seven are selected to produce a scale and thus the interval of a quarter tone is never used and the three-quarter tone or neutral second should be considered the characteristic interval. [2] Quarter tone scale on C ascending and descending. Play ⓘ

  8. Meantone temperament - Wikipedia

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    In the case of quarter-comma meantone, where the major third is made narrower by a syntonic comma, the whole tone is made half a comma narrower than the major tone of just intonation (9:8), or half a comma wider than the minor tone (10:9). This is the sense in which quarter-tone temperament is often considered "the" exemplary meantone ...

  9. Westminster Quarters - Wikipedia

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    Both the third quarter and the full hour require the fourth quarter bell, B 3, to be rung twice in quick succession (changes 4,5,1 and 2,3,4,5); too quick for the hammer to draw back for the second strike. To address this, the fourth quarter bell is equipped with two hammers on opposite sides and becomes, effectively, a fifth bell for the ...