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mi·cro·tone (m

-t

)

n. Music

An interval smaller than a semitone.

micro·tonal (-t

l) adj.

micro·to·nali·ty (-t

-n

-t

) n.

micro·tonal·ly adv.

microtone [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌtəʊn]

(Music, other) any musical interval smaller than a semitone

microtonal adj

microtonality n

microtonally adv

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No references found			His playing has both power and intricacy, with subtle voices in his controlled microtones and rasping vibrato. HEP CATS' TURN TO HOWL by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) For me at the moment, it's a way of creating natural-sounding harmonies, even if they are sometimes quite complex, using microtones and making the combination of electronics with live instruments convincing (both elements can have the same origin and one can work with them in the same way). The open approach of Jiri Kaderabek by Bakla, Petr / Czech Music The etiolated gestures, blurred by microtones, often tremble on the edge of audibility, creating an environment in which the simplest gestures take on huge significance: a sforzando seems a seismic event, a chord that disintegrates into silence becomes profoundly tragic. Arditti Quartet by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			microsporogenesis microsporophyll Microsporum microstate Microsthene Microsthenic microstomatous Microstomus Microstomus kitt Microstrobos Microstrobos niphophilus microstructural microstructure microsurgery microsurgical microswitch Microtaggant Microtasimeter microteaching microtechnology microtome Microtomic Microtomist microtomy microtone Microtones microtransmitter microtubule Microtus Microtus ochrogaster Microtus pennsylvaticus Microtus richardsoni microvasculature microvillus microvolt microwatt microwavable microwave microwave background microwave bomb microwave detector microwave diathermy machine microwave linear accelerator microwave oven microwave radar microwave spectroscopy microwave spectrum microwave-safe Microweber microwriter Microzide			Microtia, meatal atresia and conductive deafness MicroTiles Microtinae microtine Microtis microtiter Microtiter Biopsy Urease Test Microtiter Virus Neutralization Test microtitration microtome microtome microtome microtomes microtomes microtomes microtomic microtomic microtomic microtomies microtomies microtomies Microtomist microtomy microtomy microtomy microtonal Microtonal music microtonality microtonally microtone Microtones Microtrabecular lattice Microtrabecular lattice Microtrabecular lattice Microtragulidae Microtransaction Microtransaction microtransmitter Microtrauma microtrichia Microtriode Microtriode Microtron microtropia Microtube Microtube microtuboplasty microtubular microtubular microtubular microtubule microtubule microtubule microtubule Microtubule Affinity Regulating Kinase Microtubule Affinity Regulating Kinase 3 Microtubule Affinity-Regulating Kinase 1 Microtubule and Nuclear Associated Protein Microtubule associated protein Microtubule organising center Microtubule organising centers

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