Microtonal music

1. What does microtonal mean in music?
2. What is a microtonal composer?
3. What cultures use microtonal music?
4. Who invented microtonal music?

What does microtonal mean in music?

Microtonal music, music using tones in intervals that differ from the standard semitones (half steps) of a tuning system or scale.

What is a microtonal composer?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Microtonal composers use tuning systems other than 12-tone equal temperament, or whatever the standard tuning for their culture is.

What cultures use microtonal music?

Traditional Indian systems of 22 śruti; Indonesian gamelan music; Thai, Burmese, and African music, and music using just intonation, meantone temperament or other alternative tunings may be considered microtonal.

Who invented microtonal music?

Even though microtonal music has existed since the times of ancient Greece, the word microtone was coined at the very beginning of the 20th century. The first known attempt to build a microtone keyboard was made by the Renaissance theorist Nicola Vicentino who created the archicembalo with 31 keys for each octave.