Beats vs cycles vs cents

[Richard Brekne]

I suppose that depends on what you mean by cycles.  I read that to mean 
cycles per second... in which case it is exactly the same thing as beats 
per second.  8 beats per seccond in the range of 440 is 31.2 cents.

Cheers
RicB

Joseph Garrett wrote:

>One of our newer techs, just posted a query regarding pianos being flat in
>an institutional situation. In the first post she said that the pianos were
>8 cycles flat. In the next she responded with the pianos being 8 beats flat!
>It's a rook error, I know, but let's get our labels correct, K? 8 cycles
>flat amounts to 32cents flat! On the other hand, 8 beats is probably around
>2-3 cents flat, (sorry, I can't remember the the equalities of beats and
>cents. [blush]) (What the heck, it's Monday...what can I say? Need more
>COFFEE!<G>)
>Best Regards,
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares Are I
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