Questions tagged [quarter-tones]
A quarter-tone step is a microtonal interval, half the size of the smallest step in western music culture.
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Turkish and German names for quarter tones
I am interested in Turkish music and stumbled over quarter tones. Now I would love to be able to name those notes in Turkish and German but didn't find the respective ways to name those notes.
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(24-EDO) Microtonal chord symbols for these chords
I came across some interesting chords recently in a series talking about 19-EDO but I found that a lot of them work quite well in 24-EDO as well, and they are shown below. I can get behind everything ...
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Calculating the frequency of quarter tones
I have several questions on the subject of note frequencies and their ranges:
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How should I calculate the frequency of a quarter tone, such as the half-flat (half-bemol) that is found in ...
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How many cents comprise a quarter-tone in 15-EDO?
My question is from my MUS 204 course, which is the following: How many cents comprise a quarter-tone in 15-EDO?
I believe I am missing one piece of knowledge to answering such a seemingly simple ...
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Music recomendations to get my ear used to non-western scales
As the title says: I’d love to know about bands, orchestras, artists, etc. that use non-Western scales [1]. The reason is that whenever I try to listen to examples of music out of the 12-note ...
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What is the name for the tuning D E F+1/3 G A B C+1/3?
I've retranscribed a piece of music whose original transcription was made around 1800 during Napoleon's Egypt expedition. The original transcriber describes the following tuning for the Arabic Rast ...
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Sending microtuned MIDI notes to audio software
I know about the possibility to microtune softwares such as Logic or Pianoteq, connect a regular midi keyboard and be able to play microtuned scales.
My question, however, is if I connect an ...
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Quarter tones/middle eastern scale in Logic Pro
Is it possible to set some of the tracks in Logic Pro to be quarter tones i.e. Middle Eastern sounding, while some other tracks are Western sounding?
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How to input quarter tones in Garageband
How can one play an instrument in Garageband but with quarter tones instead of the usual ones?
On my keyboard I can change the scale and it works, but this is not recognized by Garageband and it ...
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What does a neutral 7th lead to (in maqams or in general)?
A dominant 7th leads to a major 6th and a major seventh leads to the tonic, but what does the note in between the two lead to? If you could tell me what the maqam rules for that are, that'd be fine, ...
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Are there any MIDI extensions that allow quarter tones?
It'd be nice to be able to use MIDI for more diverse music than just that based on western scales. Are there any MIDI extensions that support quater tones, or other sub-semi-tone pitch divisions? I ...
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