Beats/cents

Robert Scott fixthatpiano at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 24 13:30:15 MDT 2008


Julia asks:
> Would someone please confirm or correct...
> If A4 on a piano is tuned to 443cps then it is tuned about 11.466  cents 
sharp. Correct?

Very close.  It is actually 11.76 cents.  The formula involves a logarithm, and so it is only approximated by the proportionality equation that you used.

Robert Scott
Ypsilanti, Michigan



      


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