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...

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...

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

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...

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

and microtones and became the first internationally successful Lebanese recording artist. Western pop music was also being influenced by Arabic music in...

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...