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...

It has been used in several contexts throughout the history of Indian music. Recent research has more precisely defined the term shruti, its difference...

Vidyadhar Oke, who developed a 22-microtone harmonium, which can play 22 microtones as required in Indian classical music. The fundamental tone (Shadja)...

vocabulary by exploring all available tones was pushed further by the use of Microtones in works by Charles Ives, Julián Carrillo, Alois Hába, John Foulds, Ivan...

eastern and central regions. The basic concepts of this music includes Shruti (microtones), Swaras (notes), Alankar (ornamentations), Raga (melodies...

Middle Eastern quarter tones and microtones with anglophone rock, innovating a unique style of world music. Arabic music Arabic Andalusian Arabic Pop Arabic...

Lebanese musical pioneer Lydia Canaan fused Middle-Eastern quarter notes and microtones with anglophone folk, and is listed in the catalog of the Rock and Roll...

gamelan onto the western staff, with and without various symbols for microtones. The Dutch composer Ton de Leeuw also invented a three line staff for...

tala. The raga, based on a varied repertoire of swara (notes including microtones), forms the fabric of a deeply intricate melodic structure, while the...

improvisation that is to be expected; last, the music is highly ornamented with quartertone's and microtones that provide the player with the necessary tones...