Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 2004/11

From: Joe Fasel <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] just thirds
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:25:23 -0500

To clarify my posting, an equal-tempered major third
is about 14 cents sharp to a pure third.

--Joe

On 2004.11.08 10:11, Joe Fasel wrote:
> The discussion about pitch standards, which then led
> to harmonic tuning reminded me of a question I've never
> heard answered to my satisfaction. We know that an
> equal-tempered major third is considerably wide compared to
> a harmonic or just third, i.e., 2^(1/3), approximately
> 1.2599, compared to 5/4 (two octaves below the fourth
> harmonic) or 1.25.

Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
Systems Planning and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
Los Alamos National Laboratory post: D-2 MS F609; Los Alamos, NM 8=
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