Beats vs cycles vs cents

Avery Todd avery@ev1.net
Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:26:34 -0600


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Thanks, Jason. Just wondering.

Avery

At 11:16 PM 3/15/04, you wrote:
>In ET, G#4 is 415.3 cycles per second. That would be 100 cents flat of A4. 
>A-415 is slightly flatter than that, so 101.3 is about right.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:avery@ev1.net>Avery Todd
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:39 PM
>Subject: Re: Beats vs cycles vs cents
>
>Sarah,
>
>Just wondering, but why then do "they" say that to tune to A-415,
>one's ETD should be set to 101.3 cents offset? Have I understood
>wrong?
>
>Avery
>
>
>>And yes, there are 100 cents between one half step and the next,
>>
>>Peace,
>>Sarah
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:jjgranas@zigzag.pl>Jean-Jacques Granas
>>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org
>>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 5:44 PM
>>Subject: Beats vs cycles vs cents
>>
>>Hi Joseph,
>>
>>So if I understand this right, cents are units along a scale leading from 
>>one half tone to the next, while beats are pegged to the specific 
>>unison's frquency. Did I understand this right?
>>
>>Peace
>>jj

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