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单词 quarter-tone
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Definition of quarter-tone in English:

quarter-tone

noun
Music
  • Half a semitone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While making a direct comparison, I discovered that the original UK vinyl edition must have been mastered at the wrong speed, since it plays a quarter-tone below the CD version.
    • Mirage was written in 1910, and inhabits - quarter-tones aside - the soundworld of Wagner, with a nod towards the tone poems of Richard Strauss.
    • He would insert folk tunes into his exercises or submit pieces with free rhythms, quarter-tones and multilayered textures.
    • The two instruments are tuned a quarter-tone apart, and it's incredible how soon the ear becomes accustomed to the strangeness of this tuning.
    • Downie's contribution is not all quarter-tones and ululations, though.
 
 

Definition of quarter-tone in US English:

quarter-tone

nounˈkwɔrdər ˌtoʊnˈkwôrdər ˌtōn
Music
  • Half a semitone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two instruments are tuned a quarter-tone apart, and it's incredible how soon the ear becomes accustomed to the strangeness of this tuning.
    • He would insert folk tunes into his exercises or submit pieces with free rhythms, quarter-tones and multilayered textures.
    • Mirage was written in 1910, and inhabits - quarter-tones aside - the soundworld of Wagner, with a nod towards the tone poems of Richard Strauss.
    • While making a direct comparison, I discovered that the original UK vinyl edition must have been mastered at the wrong speed, since it plays a quarter-tone below the CD version.
    • Downie's contribution is not all quarter-tones and ululations, though.
 
 
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