microtonal
- a word derived from microtone.
Example Sentences
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It is variegated with mingled, microtonal refractions from the window and the mirror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The microtonal effect, in Mattingly’s polyrhythms, can be that of a gently melodic choir of wind chimes.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Smith uses microtonal runs to do what bushy Joshua trees do to the landscape, namely make it weird.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Might this colossal voice spend her near-future paying closer attention to the strangeness of existence and all of the microtonal emotions that go with it?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2021
As of this writing, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation92 was a good place to start looking for information on microtonal music.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
