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Microtonal music

Microtonal tuning is where Love Music More gets skeptical of mysticism and curious about alternatives at once. The essay 440 or 432 Hz debunks tuning conspiracy claims as a 20th-century standards compromise, the solo episode Why are there 12 notes? explains why equal temperament won out, and 31-note microtonalist Levi McClain makes the case for the emotional colors outside that grid.

Every place microtonal music turns up across Luke F. Walton's work: 6 episodes, 5 more.

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Works named for this topic: a song called Microtonal music, an episode titled after it.

Why are there 12 notes? Podcast episode

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440 or 432 Hz — What Frequency Is Better? Newsletter Bending The Fabric Of Scales with Levi McClain (31-Note Microtonalist) Podcast episode Tuning into the Universe's Frequency (What Are Notes?) Newsletter Do Keys Feel Different? Podcast episode It's the Circle of Fifths Newsletter Perfect Pitch - Nature or Nurture? Podcast episode

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A Building On Wheels with Sam Durkes (Ezra Furman, Grace Cummins, Art More) Podcast episode A Universe Of Groove with Harry Terrell (Still Woozy, Maggie Rogers, The Breathing Effect) Podcast episode I Album Why are there twelve notes? Newsletter

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