Usually means: Pitch intervals smaller than semitones.
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  1. microtonality: Merriam-Webster
  2. microtonality: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. microtonality: Collins English Dictionary
  4. microtonality: Wiktionary
  5. microtonality: Dictionary.com
  6. Microtonality: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. microtonality: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (music) The use of microtones in composition.

Similar:
microtonalism, microtonalist, micromelody, microtonometry, microtuner, microtiming, demiflat, micromusic, metric level, minor scale, more...

Opposite:
macrotone, diatonic, chromatic, tonal, conventional

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Similar:
microtonalism, microtonalist, micromelody, microtonometry, microtuner, microtiming, demiflat, micromusic, metric level, minor scale, more...

Opposite:
macrotone, diatonic, chromatic, tonal, conventional



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