John Chambers wrote:
>
> | Hi,
> | My Name is Brad Maloney and I have been lurking for quite a while on this
> | list. At any rate for a diversion and excercise I am playing around
> | with coding a QBasic-like program from scratch, but I am hung up on
> | the fomula that "figures" half step increments in MgHz.. I have
> | so far created several scales & temperments but none that are
> | "Well Tempered"
> | Even if you don't have the formula if you could forward a table
> | of A 440 chromaticaly through a 880 it would be a great help. with
> | those figures I can find the formula..
> | Thanks in advance, Brad Maloney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> So what's the big deal? The ratio of two notes a half step
> apart is the 12th root of 2, or 1.0594631 to 8 places. Is
> it any more complicated than that?
>
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That's what I said.
There's more equal temperament scales than the 12 tone one. E.g., 19,
for one. It's easy to make others if you know a little math.
Bruce Olson
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