Glenn, there are 8 cents per beat at A=440. There are 100 cents per semitone regardless of scale location. The differences in Herz increases the higher you go in the scale. At A=440 there are about 26 Hertz difference between semitone. Newton > >At A 440 six bps (beats per second) sharp of course would be 446. > > Wouldn't six beats higher than A440 be 441.something? I'm basing that on > knowing that to tune to 442 you must tune A440 8 beats sharp. > > Glenn.
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