At 14:19 3/16/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Don et al., > >What you write is of course true. A cent is a cent is a cent -- same >difference in pitch, no matter whether treble, tenor, or bass. I wonder >if this isn't one point in favor of electronic tuning. After all, aural >tuning relies on counting beats, and beat rate would vary with overall >pitch. However, beats are irrelevant to electronic tuning. I can't >really speak from experience, as I only tune electronically. Any thoughts >from you aural tuners? > >Peace, >Sarah > My 2¢... Boiled down to about .02¢. A cycle is the vibration of something physical. Frequency is the quantified number of cycles per unit of time. (Hz) Pitch is the perception of frequency. Beats are the cycles produced by two or more vibrating somethings which are not synchronous. For tuners it is the interference pattern of two different frequencies. Cent is purely a mathematical representation. It is the 1200th root of 2 or ~1.00057779. You cannot hear a cent. You may hear the difference between two pitches which are one cent different, but that would be a beat. Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS. Decorah, IA - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder
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