Re: Quarter-tones

[Nathan Hurst]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:53:56 +0200
Thorkil Wolvendans <address@hidden> wrote:

> I think what you suggested must be sufficient, for I don't think
> people will start asking about 1/3 sharps and/or 3/5 flats, but that
> is because I don't believe these kinds of accidentals exist.

Actually, the definition of an arbitrary sharp or flat is quite easy:

frequency = 2^(8 + (steps above middle C + fractional sharp)/12)

e.g. Middle C = 256Hz, middle C 1/3 sharp = 261Hz

I suspect that western trained ears find it somewhat unpleasant in most
cases.

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njh