Microtone: Difference between revisions
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Given this, will it be ever possible to make a ''microtone experience'' at all? | Given this, will it be ever possible to make a ''microtone experience'' at all? | ||
According to Adam Neely, the slowest perceivable beat humans can generally distinguish [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afhSDK5DJqA is about 33 bpm]. Therefore, the general limit of human perception between tones is roughly 250 µt, or about 0.05 cents. | According to Adam Neely, the slowest perceivable beat humans can generally distinguish [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afhSDK5DJqA is about 33 bpm]. Therefore, the general lowest limit of human perception between tones is roughly 250 µt, or about 0.05 cents. A more practical approximation might be to take 33 bpm of interference beats at 4 kHz, which is about 0.25 cents, as a practical limit of perceived difference between two simultaneously performed tones. With that in mind, it seems that adjustments in tuning of practical music on the order of microtones is necessarily imperceptible even to the most veteran ears. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||