“In the cracks” is the operative phrase for microtonal music. This is music with notes and scales that fall between those of conventional Western music, which assigns 12 pitches to an octave. Tuning ...

The Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival returns to Pittsburgh this weekend. Microtonal music, according to festival organizers, “expands the possibilities of sound by using tuning systems beyond, or in ...

Ben Johnston, a prolific and influential composer who used microtonal tuning systems to create a large and varied catalog of chamber works, stage pieces and music for orchestra, choir, voice and solo ...

Outfitted with an amazing array of custom-built microtonal instruments, Partch, continues its ongoing survey of the profound music of Harry Partch with two evenings of microtonal music and ...

Researchers at Australia's University of Wollongong (UOW) have created a number of 3D-printed custom flutes that can play microtonal tunings otherwise unachievable with standard flutes, thus opening ...

While King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard may have only just released their Nonagon Infinity this spring, the Aussie psych warriors are coming back into our lives early next year with a pile of new ...