pitch

[Richard Moody]

The calculator figures  19.786 cents.   But this is only true for
440-435.   For say 220-215 it is 39.8 cnets , for  880-875 it is
9.865.    These are all 5 bps differences.  Its because cents is only
a measure of interval size and  220-215 as an interval is larger than
440-435. ---ric

----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas D. Seay, III <t.seay@mail.utexas.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: pitch


Hi Greg,

Each beat per second is roughly equal to 4 cents. Hence, 440 bps -
435 bps = 5 bps X 4 cents = 20 cents. Your offset was pretty close,
I'd say.

Best wishes,

Tom

>Greetings folks,
>    I recently tried to tune an older instrument that seemed as
though
>it was designed for 435. I went about it in an unusual way. I used
the mouse on the left side of the floating boxes window
>until the frequency said 435. When I did that the offset read -19.79.
>Does this sound correct to you folks or did I mess up again?
>Greg Newell