all my BASS are belong to YOU

okay. i am crazy about both basses and bass sounds in general. for
techno music.

my question may seem realistic to people here. i almost NEVER post.

recently in science news a superlow note was detected, fifty seven
octave below middle c.

"The ripples are separated by about 35,000 light-yearsâ€"which
produces a B-flat 57 octaves below middle C. The black hole's tone is
far lower than the human ear can discern."

I got this neat chart from Charles Lucy but have not been able to figure
out the answer my question. i don't read a lot of music, i work by ear.
what I am trying to figure out is: where is a b flat fifty seven octaves
below middle c on this chart?

[frequency to wavelength - the connections]
i have engineered some wild bass with synth, and i need to know if i am
generating superlow tones, or just having ear damage... thnx.

I am not familiar with this science news article.

(A link would be appreciated;-)

Your 57 octaves below middle C will be a long way beyond the bottom of
this chart.

Middle C is at about 256 Hz so is represented by the green line on the
left column which is below where A4 = 440 is shown in orange.

If you look at the coloured pattern on the left, you will notice that
it repeats for every octave.

All the C's are represented by a green line.

The lowest value shown on the chart is C-20, which is 24 octaves below
middle C.

If you were to extend the chart lower by another 33 octaves you will
arrive at you "magic" figure of 57 octaves below middle C.

BTW it would be called "C-53". (i.e. 4-57)

As always I cannot claim total originality, the concept for the
diagram came from a book called "Music Of The Spheres" by Guy Murchie
published in the 1960's.

All I did was extend it and spend a few hours creating the diagram on
an Amiga about 16 years ago;-)

You copy the bottom 33 octaves and paste them below the C-20, if you
want to see how it would look.

You could then relabel them and work out the distances on the right
using the formulas which are scattered around the diagram.

The original link is now at:

http://www.lucytune.com/new_to_lt/pitch_04.html

The link is at the bottom of the page.

Charles Lucy
lucy@lucytune.com

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On Jan 10, 2008, at 5:44 AM, Brazen wrote:

> okay. i am crazy about both basses and bass sounds in general. for
> techno music.
>
> my question may seem realistic to people here. i almost NEVER post.
>
> recently in science news a superlow note was detected, fifty seven
> octave below middle c.
>
> "The ripples are separated by about 35,000 light-yearsâ€"which
> produces a B-flat 57 octaves below middle C. The black hole's tone
> is far lower than the human ear can discern."
>
> I got this neat chart from Charles Lucy but have not been able to
> figure out the answer my question. i don't read a lot of music, i> work by ear. what I am trying to figure out is: where is a b flat
> fifty seven octaves below middle c on this chart?
>
>
> i have engineered some wild bass with synth, and i need to know if i
> am generating superlow tones, or just having ear damage... thnx.
>
>
>
>
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Brazen" <chipsterthehipster@...> wrote:
>
> okay. i am crazy about both basses and bass sounds in general. for
> techno music.
>
> my question may seem realistic to people here. i almost NEVER post.
>
> recently in science news a superlow note was detected, fifty seven
> octave below middle c.
>
> "The ripples are separated by about 35,000 light-years, which
> produces a B-flat 57 octaves below middle C. The black hole's
> tone is far lower than the human ear can discern."
>
> I got this neat chart from Charles Lucy but have not been able
> to figure out the answer my question. i don't read a lot of
> music, i work by ear. what I am trying to figure out is: where
> is a b flat fifty seven octaves below middle c on this chart?

It's off the chart. Each period of the wave is 35,000 years.
You wouldn't hear any of that in a human lifetime.

-Carl