From John Starret:
"Most of the music we hear in based on a system called 12 tone equal temperament (or 12TET for short), where the octave is divided into 12 equal parts. Microtonal music is generally defined as any music that is not 12TET. Some folks base their music on the harmonic series, some divide the octave into 19 or 31 equal parts, some divide the octave into 43 unequal parts, some don't divide the octave at all.... There are an infinite number of ways to choose your tonal resources."
www.nmt.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html
Microtonal music can span all genres and modes of making music; instrumental, electronic, etc.
This tribe allows microtonal enthusiasts, practioners, composers, instrument makers, software developers to network.
Currently, electronic music from dance music to the esoteric side is/can become a hotbed for microtonal activity. In the last year or so many music software developers have added microtonal support to a variety of plugins/instruments. I am excited and hopeful to see this mode of making music spread to all forms of production.
"Most of the music we hear in based on a system called 12 tone equal temperament (or 12TET for short), where the octave is divided into 12 equal parts. Microtonal music is generally defined as any music that is not 12TET. Some folks base their music on the harmonic series, some divide the octave into 19 or 31 equal parts, some divide the octave into 43 unequal parts, some don't divide the octave at all.... There are an infinite number of ways to choose your tonal resources."
www.nmt.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html
Microtonal music can span all genres and modes of making music; instrumental, electronic, etc.
This tribe allows microtonal enthusiasts, practioners, composers, instrument makers, software developers to network.
Currently, electronic music from dance music to the esoteric side is/can become a hotbed for microtonal activity. In the last year or so many music software developers have added microtonal support to a variety of plugins/instruments. I am excited and hopeful to see this mode of making music spread to all forms of production.
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