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  1. Microtonal music

    Microtonal music or 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. In other words, a microtone may be thought of as a note that falls between the keys of a piano tuned in equal temperament.

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  1. Microtonal music

    Microtonal music is music using microtones—intervals of less than an equally spaced semitone. Microtonal music can also refer to music which uses intervals not found in the Western system of 12 equal intervals to the octave.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of microtonal music in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of microtonal music in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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