Help with "bad" tuning...need help

Piannaman@aol.com Piannaman@aol.com
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:15:38 EST


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In a message dated 12/16/04 4:06:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
pianoman@accessus.net writes:


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> I think part of the problem is that we are calling these half steps.  The 
> distance between E and F is no larger than between F and F#.  It is still 
> 100 cents.  Why do we insist on calling those things whole steps anyway.?
> 

James,

These are half-steps(not whole steps), aka half-tones, semi-tones or minor 
seconds, and there are 100 equal divisions between them.  Each one of these 
miniscule portions is called a cent.

Dave Stahl

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