<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY=
="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Greetings,<BR>
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I know th=
is is a delayed response on this thread, but I am confused. <BR>
<BR>
Granted that 1/=
100th of a half step is a different numeric value for each note of the piano=
, but 1/100th of a half step is always 100 divided into the munber of cycles=
(or distance) from one half step to the next succesive half step up (or dow=
n) isnt it? <BR>
<BR>
Julia<BR>
PA<BR>
<BR>
In a message dated 3/15/2004 7:08:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, eromlignod@kc=
.rr.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">There are 100 cents in a half-s=
tep (semitone), but a cent is *not* 1/100th<BR>
of a half-step.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<BR>
(100 cents is always a half-step no matter how high or low the<BR>
frequency is.<BR>
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