Cents

[Elian Degen J.]

Hello List

Let me try to explain it as easy as I can

Cents against hertz it is a very variable measure, because "Cents" comes
from a 1/100 part, but it does not refer to hertz or frequency.

The idea was to measure in metric system,  they assigned 100 cents to half
tome in order to standarize in metric system.

In this way from one semitone to the other you will have one hundred cents,
no matter what octave is in and no mater what the frequencies in that range,
it would work more as "a percentage" of the pitch the piano is in and you
can and in fact you are able to use it to set the pitch in which you are
tuning.

Elian

----- Original Message -----
From: <kam544@gbronline.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 00:07
Subject: Re: Cents


> >...How many cents per beat?
>
> Approximately .25 cents per beat.
>
> >100 cents equals? How many cents in 1/2 step? Tommy Black
>
> 100 cents is 1/2 step.
>
> Keith McGavern
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