---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment At 08:10 AM 6/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Richard >Brain fog this morning is giving me trouble understanding the >difference/similarity of cents and bps (beats per second). >You stated the difference between 440 and 439 (1Hz) is almost 4 cents. This >interval beats at about one bps. Where did I get the idea that the 1 Hz >difference between 440 & 439 was nearly 4 bps. Being an aural tuner I can >relate to beat rates easier than cents deviations. The math/science of >tuning is not my strong suit. Do you know of a book that would explain >this? My curiousity is getting to me. Thanks for your continued input to >the list. Many are grateful for your skills and insights. > >Paul Chick Stephen Birkett sent a list of individual frequencies to the list in February. I entered the figures into a spreadsheet and calculated the cps/cent and the cents/bps for each half step. You'll notice that near the top of the sixth octave 1cps = 1 cent (approx). ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: cents_cps.xls Type: application/octet-stream Size: 38042 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3c/b1/dd/10/cents_cps.xls ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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