frequencies of notes

Elwood Doss, Jr. edoss@utm.edu
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:00:56 -0500


Thanks again, Conrad.  It would be a great help.,
Joy!
Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT
Technical Director/Piano Technician
Department of Music
106 Fine Arts Building
University of Tennessee at Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: frequencies of notes


> At 12:09 9/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >I need to know where to find the frequencies of untempered notes.  For
> >example, A=440 would be the same tempered or untempered.  C=523.5 would
be
> >a tempered pitch.  What would it be if it were untempered.
> >Thanks for your help.
> >Joy!
> >Elwood
> >
> >Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT
> >Technical Director/Piano Technician
> >Department of Music
> >106 Fine Arts Building
> >University of Tennessee at Martin
> >731/587-1152
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>
>
>
> It all depends how you get there...
>
> How many and  what combination of pure intervals from what starting
> point?  C-523.5 could be "untempered" if you start with a C-523.5 fork.
>
> Are you talking Pythagorean?
>
> If you are building a sequence you've got to establish a start freq., and
> do the math. I'll send you something privately... ;-}
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer, Decorah, IA
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