“In Western music, microtones represent all intervals in between the semitones of the 12 notes per octave system, however there is a lot of music that uses notes between the cracks. And in many world music, the grid is much smaller. Turkish music roughly operates on nine notes per whole tone, and Arabic music roughly uses quartertones with 24 notes per octave. The best way to talk about microtones is by looking at the blues. Blues players will milk the area between the minor 3rd and the major 3rd. The notes between the 4th and sharp 4th, and the 6th and flat 7th, tend to be what are referred to as ‘blue’ notes. You don’t find those notes, or microtones, on a piano. You can think of microtones within Arabic or older Chinese music as being Eastern blue notes which are really beautiful and affect me in the same way the blues do.” - David Fiuczynski
(Bach's well tempered clavier is nothing to sneeze at, but there is much more then the 'classical' way of organizing music.. although I am having enough trouble with the 12 notes as it is! David Fiuczynski working the microtones below. - Ed)
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