[netizen-936824]

But again, isn't this primarily a "western" phenomenon? That makes me think it isn't quite so clear cut

Side note: yes, I love love jazz in all its forms ^^

[analog31]

We know it goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks, don't know its prior origins or if it developed in parallel in other places.

[netizen-936824]

The use of microtones, or rather lack thereof, is what I'm referring to (from a comment by pythko):

>I believe the GGP meant to refer to “microtones,” which are frequencies that don’t fall into the Twelve Tone Equal Temperament tuning system. These are commonly used in non-western music (Indian music is a typical example), and occasionally in some western music styles (blues, some jazz, some sub-genres of rock, maybe), but you’re not going to find microtones in most western music.