Favorite Note??

Random question that I'll pose here instead of looking it up myself on Wikipoopia, just for the sake of conversation:

What do they call the notes "between" the standard Western notes, say, the 1/4 tones used in Eastern scales?  Do they use similar terminology as "sharp" and "flat" and so on?


Edited by HolyMoly - June 20 2012 at 10:01

When what you are doing gets boring, ad more F#'s into your cords.

F#   

I've always had a thing for G#.  It makes a good tonic, like an A, but it's slightly more downbeat and dark due to being a half step lower.  

I think I am tuned in D.

true, and choice of key can be for many reasons;  generally, on guitar say, every song should ideally encompass at its lowest register (though not necessarily its root) the low E chord or note, but that frequency spectrum can be changed by altered tunings, a capo, or simply not adhering to that compositional rule.

Never quite understood the 'favorite note' thing--  musical tones work relative to each other in combination of melody, harmony, and chords, creating the emotional or cerebral effect that a particular combination has.   Lone notes don't have much musical value other than a subtle vibration that may distinguish one from the other.