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Many composers in Irta regard fixed pitch instruments as inadequate for capturing the nuances of intonation, and these composers mostly write for strings, voice, and trombone. Some developed cross-fingering techniques for woodwinds to better approximate expressive intonation.  
Many composers in Irta regard fixed pitch instruments as inadequate for capturing the nuances of intonation, and these composers mostly write for strings, voice, and trombone. Some developed cross-fingering techniques for woodwinds to better approximate expressive intonation.  


Interestingly this results in Irtan Western classical music being thought of as one of the prominent microtonal world traditions and there are various myths across Irta about the number of notes in Western music, 35 being a commonly cited number.
Interestingly this results in Irtan Western classical music being thought of as one of the prominent microtonal world traditions and there are various myths across Irta about the number of notes in Western music, 35 being a commonly cited number due to the notation system having 35 note names.  


====Artistic movements and composers====
====Artistic movements and composers====
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