Nicola Vicentino

Nicola Vicentino belongs to the experimental edge of Renaissance music theory. The composer and theorist from Italy explored ancient Greek ideas, chromaticism, and microtonal divisions, even designing the archicembalo to test new pitch systems. His tag connects Renaissance theory, tuning, vocal practice, and the long history of composers questioning the usual scale.

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  Music Theory

  Microtonality: the variety of approaches to microtonal music in world cultures

  In theory, microtonal music describes a piece that contains one or more intervals measuring below a semitone. Although...