Microtone: Difference between revisions
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A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one [[cent]], and 5884949 an octave. | A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one [[cent]], and 5884949 an octave. | ||
Two sounds | Two sounds different only by 1µt produce a very slow beat; depending on the frequency one have to wait more or less to recocnize it. The beat frequency is | ||
* at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes | * at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes | ||
* in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 KHz) 35 minutes | * in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 KHz) 35 minutes | ||
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A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one <a class="wiki_link" href="/cent">cent</a>, and 5884949 an octave.<br /> | A microtone is indeed a very small interval: 4904 microtones make one <a class="wiki_link" href="/cent">cent</a>, and 5884949 an octave.<br /> | ||
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Two sounds | Two sounds different only by 1µt produce a very slow beat; depending on the frequency one have to wait more or less to recocnize it. The beat frequency is<br /> | ||
<ul><li>at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes</li><li>in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 KHz) 35 minutes</li><li>at the lower limit of the hearing range (16 Hz) 7 days</li></ul><br /> | <ul><li>at the upper limit of the hearing range (20 kHz) 7 minutes</li><li>in the range of the highest acoustic sensibility (4 KHz) 35 minutes</li><li>at the lower limit of the hearing range (16 Hz) 7 days</li></ul><br /> | ||
Given this, will it be ever possible to make a <em>microtone experience</em> at all?<br /> | Given this, will it be ever possible to make a <em>microtone experience</em> at all?<br /> | ||