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quarter tone

microtone whose value is half of a semitone
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quarter tone

Summary

quarter tone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (715 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • quarter tone is a type of microtone[2].
  • quarter tone is part of 24 equal temperament[3].
  • quarter tone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quarter tones[4].
  • quarter tone's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[5].
  • quarter tone's used by is recorded as quarter tone system[6].
  • quarter tone's used by is recorded as quarter tone music[7].

Body

Definition and Type

quarter tone is a type of microtone[2].

Use and Application

quarter tone is part of 24 equal temperament[3]. Recorded used by include it system[6] and it music[7].

Why It Matters

quarter tone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (715 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). quarter tone. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/quarter-tone
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  1. 2d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → microtone
    Aliases → —
    Used by → quarter tone system, quarter tone music
    Topic's main category → Category:Quarter tones
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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