Frequency ratio: Difference between revisions
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">A frequency ratio is the relationship between the frequencies of two sound waves. For example, a piano string vibrating at 110 Hz (110 times per second) and a piano string vibrating at 220 Hz are in a 2:1 ratio (since 220/110 reduces to 2/1). | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">A **frequency ratio** is the relationship between the frequencies of two sound waves. For example, a piano string vibrating at 110 Hz (110 times per second) and a piano string vibrating at 220 Hz are in a 2:1 ratio (since 220/110 reduces to 2/1). | ||
Ratios of frequencies may be written several ways: | Ratios of frequencies may be written several ways: | ||
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Chords can also be expressed as ratios. For example, the just intoned major chord in root position is 4:5:6. (When chords are expressed as ratios, the above rule about the notes being above or below a base tone doesn't usually apply). | Chords can also be expressed as ratios. For example, the just intoned major chord in root position is 4:5:6. (When chords are expressed as ratios, the above rule about the notes being above or below a base tone doesn't usually apply). | ||
In the context of just intonation, ratios are almost always used to label and identify intervals and chords. However, the use of ratios to identify intervals and chords in tempered scales is also common - in these cases, it is implied that the notes are in the //approximate// ratio indicated. For example, a common shorthand expression might be //"4:6:7:9:11 chords in 17-EDO"// - which really means //"The chords in which the notes are in the approximate ratio of 4:6:7:9:11 in 17-EDO".//</pre></div> | In the context of just intonation, ratios are almost always used to label and identify intervals and chords. However, the use of ratios to identify intervals and chords in tempered scales is also common - in these cases, it is implied that the notes are in the //approximate// ratio indicated. For example, a common shorthand expression might be //"4:6:7:9:11 chords in [[17edo|17-EDO]]"// - which really means //"The [[chords]] in which the notes are in the approximate ratio of 4:6:7:9:11 in 17-EDO".//</pre></div> | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Ratios</title></head><body>A frequency ratio is the relationship between the frequencies of two sound waves. For example, a piano string vibrating at 110 Hz (110 times per second) and a piano string vibrating at 220 Hz are in a 2:1 ratio (since 220/110 reduces to 2/1).<br /> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Ratios</title></head><body>A <strong>frequency ratio</strong> is the relationship between the frequencies of two sound waves. For example, a piano string vibrating at 110 Hz (110 times per second) and a piano string vibrating at 220 Hz are in a 2:1 ratio (since 220/110 reduces to 2/1).<br /> | ||
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Ratios of frequencies may be written several ways:<br /> | Ratios of frequencies may be written several ways:<br /> | ||
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Chords can also be expressed as ratios. For example, the just intoned major chord in root position is 4:5:6. (When chords are expressed as ratios, the above rule about the notes being above or below a base tone doesn't usually apply).<br /> | Chords can also be expressed as ratios. For example, the just intoned major chord in root position is 4:5:6. (When chords are expressed as ratios, the above rule about the notes being above or below a base tone doesn't usually apply).<br /> | ||
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In the context of just intonation, ratios are almost always used to label and identify intervals and chords. However, the use of ratios to identify intervals and chords in tempered scales is also common - in these cases, it is implied that the notes are in the <em>approximate</em> ratio indicated. For example, a common shorthand expression might be <em>&quot;4:6:7:9:11 chords in 17-EDO&quot;</em> - which really means <em>&quot;The chords in which the notes are in the approximate ratio of 4:6:7:9:11 in 17-EDO&quot;.</em></body></html></pre></div> | In the context of just intonation, ratios are almost always used to label and identify intervals and chords. However, the use of ratios to identify intervals and chords in tempered scales is also common - in these cases, it is implied that the notes are in the <em>approximate</em> ratio indicated. For example, a common shorthand expression might be <em>&quot;4:6:7:9:11 chords in <a class="wiki_link" href="/17edo">17-EDO</a>&quot;</em> - which really means <em>&quot;The <a class="wiki_link" href="/chords">chords</a> in which the notes are in the approximate ratio of 4:6:7:9:11 in 17-EDO&quot;.</em></body></html></pre></div> | ||