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unusual facts about semitone



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34 equal temperament

Unlike divisions of the octave into 19, 31 or 53 steps, which can be considered as being derived from ancient Greek intervals (the greater and lesser diesis and the syntonic comma), division into 34 steps did not arise 'naturally' out of older music theory, although Cyriakus Schneegass proposed a meantone system with 34 divisions based in effect on half a chromatic semitone (the difference between a major third and a minor third, 25/24 or 70.67 cents).

Keepers: Greatest Hits

This compilation also features the radio edit of "The Keeper of the Stars", recorded a semitone lower than Byrd's original recording from his 1994 album No Ordinary Man.


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