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Quarter Tone
- One-fourth of a whole tone; 24 tones per octave. Similar systems are often encountered in Eastern music, especially Indian (22 tones/octave) and Arabian (generally 18 tones/octave - actually closer to a 1/3-tone). Most Western music and instruments follow a 12 tones/octave (see semitone) system.
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