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The word "microtonal"

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12/9/1999 8:42:41 AM

>From: Fred Reinagel <freinagel@netscape.net>
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>"D.Stearns" <stearns@capecod.net> wrote:
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>> [Graham Breed:]
>> >Most people expect 12-equal.
>>
>> [Dan Sterarns}
>> And how...
>
>I beg to differ. I believe if the average music listener heard a brass choir
>play in 12tet, they would say they were out of tune.

So does that mean that you would categorize all music for brass choir as
microtonal?

John Link

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