Topmusicanswers
- Is equal temperament out of tune?
- What note is 500hz?
- How far off is equal temperament?
- What note is 50hz?
Is equal temperament out of tune?
One of those tunings was already known to the ancients: equal temperament. Here the poison is distributed equally through the system: The distance between each interval is mathematically the same, so each interval is equally in, and slightly out of, tune.
What note is 500hz?
Frequency is directly proportional to pitch. Higher the frequency, higher the pitch. Hence, trumpet has the highest frequency of 500 Hz, and highest pitch.
How far off is equal temperament?
That resulting smallest interval, 1⁄12 the width of an octave, is called a semitone or half step. In Western countries the term equal temperament, without qualification, generally means 12-TET.
What note is 50hz?
So that's between a A# and a B two octaves below middle C. For 50 Hz hum, h = -28.65. That would be between a G and a G#, a little closer to G.
