Editing Pascal Dusapin (section)

===Microtonality===
Dusapin's music is also marked by its [[microtonality]], which is often achieved through the integration of micro-[[Glissando|glissandi]] and micro-intervals (intervals of less than one semitone).<ref name="Stoïnova, Febrile Music, 185">Stoïnova, "Febrile Music", 185.</ref> Dusapin combines both micro-intervals and regular intervals into melodic lines so that the listener never knows what to expect next. Even so, Dusapin manages to make his use of microtonality feel completely natural. As Stoïnova explains, "The micro-intervals and the micro-glissandi&nbsp;... in such instrumental works as ''Inside'' (1980) for viola, ''Incisa'' (1982) for cello, and many other pieces are, in effect, completely integrated as different by entirely 'natural' components in extremely supple melodic progressions".<ref name="Stoïnova, Febrile Music, 185"/> The listener is already familiar with the uniform division of the octave in equal intervals; Dusapin merely divides the octave by a less traditional number.