Timeline for If equal temperament divides an octave into 12 equal parts, why are the hertz differences not the same but 12ths of two?
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| Oct 17, 2019 at 12:46 | vote | accept | Tukkan | ||
| Oct 15, 2019 at 10:39 | answer | added | sktpin | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 15, 2019 at 2:21 | comment | added | Caleb Hines | There is a graph of pitch vs. frequency on the following answer: music.stackexchange.com/questions/39992/… | |
| Oct 15, 2019 at 2:04 | answer | added | Michael Hardy | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 14, 2019 at 20:50 | comment | added | Lee Daniel Crocker | A geometric progression is based on multiplication, not addition. So consecutive keys don't differ by the addition of 1/12 the frequency, but by multiplication by the 12th root of 2. | |
| S Oct 14, 2019 at 19:04 | history | suggested | Legorhin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
fixing grammar errors, reformatting for readability, and trying to maintain the precieved misunderstanding of what a 12th root is.
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| Oct 14, 2019 at 12:58 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | The frequency ratio of ANY 2 notes N notes apart is the same. This is because all notes are based on a ratio of frequencies. If you used equal magnitude spacings the ratios between notes would vary continually. | |
| Oct 14, 2019 at 8:58 | answer | added | Albrecht Hügli | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 13, 2019 at 22:48 | comment | added | user207421 | Because 'equal' refers to a geometric progression, not an arithmetic progression. | |
| Oct 12, 2019 at 21:32 | answer | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 12, 2019 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMusic/status/1183125201451651078 | ||
| Oct 12, 2019 at 19:57 | answer | added | phoog | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 12, 2019 at 12:34 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 12, 2019 at 10:38 | answer | added | Tim | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 12, 2019 at 8:35 | history | edited | Tukkan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 12, 2019 at 3:21 | answer | added | ttw | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 11, 2019 at 17:50 | answer | added | hotpaw2 | timeline score: 29 | |
| Oct 11, 2019 at 17:26 | answer | added | Sagebrush Gardener | timeline score: 38 | |
| Oct 11, 2019 at 16:52 | history | edited | Tukkan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 11, 2019 at 15:40 | answer | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 20 | |
| Oct 11, 2019 at 15:10 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 11, 2019 at 15:08 | history | asked | Tukkan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |