Quarter tone

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Definition

A quarter tone is a microtonal alteration, exactly half of a semitone. Quarter tones occur in world music and are sometimes used in modern notation.

Notation

Below you see notated the ascending scale of C in quarter tones, click to play:

$\version "2.12.2" \relative c' { c cih cis cisih d dih dis disih e eih f fih fis fisih g gih gis gisih a aih ais aisih b bih c }$

The descending scale of C in quarter tones, click to play:

$\version "2.12.2" \relative c'' { c ceh b beh bes beseh a aeh aes aeseh g geh ges geseh f feh e eeh es eeseh d deh des deseh c }$

See also

Outline of basic music theory

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Facts about Quarter toneRDF feed

Belongs to type	Microtone +, and Alteration +
Similar to	Semitone +
Usage	World music +

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