Re: from Cents to Hertz and back again


Julian wrote:

> I do have a gripe with them that they incorrectly identify a perfect
> 5th as 1.498307 : 1 and perfect fourth as 1.334840 :

Well, nobody's perfect. I think the term "perfect fifth" is like "48V
phantom power" in another discussion. Everyone assumes that if it's a
fifth, it's perfect. The ratios in that calculator are for an equal
tempered scale, which, as everone knows, does not have "perfect" fifths
or thirds. This is why your guitar's B string is always out of tune
unless you're playing in the key of B (in which case every other string
it out of tune).

Heck, in the REAL MUSICIAN'S world, today a fifth isn't a fifth any
more, it's 750 mL.

.

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