Hello Julia, One way to understand the cent is to think of it like this: Any tone and the one that is one cent above/below it are related by a factor of 1.000577790. Example: A440 = 440 Hz One cent above A 440 will be 440 times 1.000577790 = 440.2542276 Hz. When you multiply 440 Hz one hundred times by that factor, you will get to A sharp exactly. Hz=cycle/sec Hope that helps. Vladan ==================================================== Greetings, I know this is a delayed response on this thread, but I am confused. Granted that 1/100th of a half step is a different numeric value for each note of the piano, but 1/100th of a half step is always 100 divided into the munber of cycles (or distance) from one half step to the next succesive half step up (or down) isnt it? Julia PA In a message dated 3/15/2004 7:08:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, eromlignod@kc.rr.com writes: > There are 100 cents in a half-step (semitone), but a cent is *not* 1/100th > of a half-step. (100 cents is always a half-step no matter how high or low the frequency is. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
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