Klarinet Archive - Posting 000329.txt from 2004/11

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:33:45 -0500

In a message dated 11/7/2004 12:49:53 PM Central Standard Time,
manonrivet@-----.ca writes:
<<A definition was requested of a cent...........................

There are 100 cents between any two chromatic notes.
It happens that at A440, 1hz is 4 cents.>>

Question: is this uniform throughout the scale, or does it change if you are
much higher or lower?

Or is 1hz always 4 cents?

<<A439 is 4 cents flat.>>

Is A=442 therefore 8 cents sharper than A=442? Is A=444 therefore 14 cents
sharper? If so, this doesn't seem to correlate with my tuner when I calibrate
it higher, for example 442 instead of 440.

Please excuse me if these are simple questions. I simply don't know.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
World-class clarinet mouthpieces

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