- microtone
- noun Date: 1920 a musical interval smaller than a halftone • microtonal adjective • microtonality noun • microtonally adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
microtone
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microtone — [mī′krō tōn΄] n. Music an interval smaller than a semitone microtonal adj … English World dictionary
microtone — microtonal, adj. microtonality, n. microtonally, adv. /muy kreuh tohn /, n. any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone. [1915 20; MICRO + TONE] * * * … Universalium
microtone — noun Any interval smaller than a semitone See Also: microtonal, microtonality … Wiktionary
microtone — noun Music an interval smaller than a semitone. Derivatives microtonal adjective microtonality noun microtonally adverb … English new terms dictionary
microtone — mi·cro·tone … English syllables
microtone — mi•cro•tone [[t]ˈmaɪ krəˌtoʊn[/t]] n. mad a musical interval smaller than a semitone • Etymology: 1915–20 mi cro•ton′al, adj. mi cro•ton′al•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
microtone — /ˈmaɪkrətoʊn/ (say muykruhtohn) noun Music an interval less than a semitone …
microtone — n. Mus. an interval smaller than a semitone … Useful english dictionary
Microtonal music — Composer Charles Ives chose the chord above as good possibility for a fundamental chord in the quarter tone scale, akin not to the tonic but to the major chord of traditional tonality.(Boatright 1971, 8 9) … Wikipedia
Interval (music) — For the album by See You Next Tuesday, see Intervals (album). Melodic and harmonic intervals. … Wikipedia
