MICROTONAL

Meaning of MICROTONAL in English

|mīkrə|tōn ə l adjective

Etymology: microtone + -al

: relating to or characterized by music containing microtones

• mi·cro·ton·al·ly - ə lē adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MICROTONAL — adjective see: microtone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MICROTONAL — see microtone
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MICROTONAL MUSIC — music using tones that are not an exact number of semitones (half steps) apart. The smallest interval between two keys …
Britannica English vocabulary
MICROTONE — noun Date: 1920 a musical interval smaller than a halftone, microtonal adjective microtonality noun microtonally adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLUE NOTE — noun Etymology: from its frequent use in blues music Date: 1919 a variable microtonal lowering of the third, seventh, and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MICROTONALLY — adverb see microtonal
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BENT NOTE — noun : a variable microtonal lowering of the third, seventh, and occasionally fifth degrees of the major scale
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MICROTONALITY — -tōˈnaləd.ē noun Etymology: microtonal + -ity : the quality or state of being microtonal
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MICROTONE — — microtonal , adj. — microtonality , n. — microtonally , adv. /muy"kreuh tohn'/ , n. any musical interval smaller …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUE NOTE — Etymology: from its frequent use in blues music Date: 1919 : a variable microtonal lowering of the third, seventh, and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MICROTONE — ■ noun Music an interval smaller than a semitone. Derivatives microtonal adjective microtonality noun microtonally adverb
Concise Oxford English vocab
BLUE NOTE — [blue note] n [fr. its frequent use in blues music] (1919): a variable microtonal lowering of the third, seventh, and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SRUTI — (Sanskrit: heard), in the music of India and Pakistan, the smallest tonal interval that can be perceived. The octave, in …
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MESSIAEN, OLIVIER — born Dec. 10, 1908, Avignon, France died April 27, 1992, Clichy, near Paris in full Olivier-eugne-prosper-charles Messiaen influential French composer, …
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IVES, CHARLES (EDWARD) — born Oct. 20, 1874, Danbury, Conn., U.S. died May 19, 1954, New York City significant American composer who is known …
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HENZE, HANS WERNER — born July 1, 1926, Gtersloh, Ger. German composer whose operas, ballets, symphonies, and other works are marked by an individual …
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HABA, ALOIS — born June 21, 1893, Vizovce, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic] died Nov. 18, 1973, Prague, Czech. Czech composer noted …
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GREEK MUSIC — the music of the ancient Greeks. Scholars have long speculated about the music played in ancient Greece. It is known …
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CARRILLO, JULIN — born Jan. 28, 1875, Ahualulco, Mex. died Sept. 9, 1965, Mexico City Mexican composer, a leading 20th-century exponent of microtonal …
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BLACKWOOD, EASLEY — born April 21, 1933, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S. American composer whose music combined rhapsodic and romantic passion with chromatic materials and …
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