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Please help with a microtonal pitch question

🔗Afmmjr@aol.com

11/13/2003 4:01:54 PM

Does anyone know an easy answer to this?

How many cents difference is there between 260.7 herz and 261.6 herz if A =
440?

best, Johnny

🔗Kyle Gann <kgann@earthlink.net>

11/13/2003 6:29:12 PM

>Does anyone know an easy answer to this?

>How many cents difference is there between 260.7 herz and 261.6 herz if A =
>440?

>best, Johnny

Johnny,

This is too easy - trick question? 5.96635... cents? No matter what A is.

(log(261.6/260.7) x 1200/(log 2))

Kyle

🔗Afmmjr@aol.com

11/14/2003 6:45:48 AM

Thanks very much, Kyle. The answer is much appreciated. Johnny