Good point! I admittedly was writing this off as "performance details" of music written in a modern 12-tone paradigm, but you're definitely right that plenty of

Good point! I admittedly was writing this off as "performance details" of music written in a modern 12-tone paradigm, but you're definitely right that plenty of music is written specifically for ensembles with continuous pitch with those nuances in mind. See also, a cappella vocal music, particularly barbershop. Even for guitar, some players tune to favor particular chords shapes sounding maximally consonant, even though the frets are designed for 12-TET.