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[Joe Monzo]

A term coined by Johnny Reinhard to characterize the use of any variety of different tunings in the same piece of music.

An excellent example of this is Reinhard's piece Raven, where each phrase on each instrument and voice had its own unique character due to the use of completely individual tunings.

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