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.