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> It's a way of tuning so that all semitone intervals are an equal [2^(1/12)] frequency ratio Or so I thought until I programmed an AVR. The F, I think it was,
by posterboy 8y ago
> It's a way of tuning so that all semitone intervals are an equal [2^(1/12)] frequency ratio
Or so I thought until I programmed an AVR. The F, I think it was, is terribly out of tune. I haven't found the wikipedia article again, that had the correct Frequencies noted in Hz, with F decidedly not in the scheme that you allege.
- systoll 8y agoIf you shift F away from that ratio, you're not doing equal temperament anymore. Which is fine. There are many different tuning systems [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_tuning#Systems_for_the_twelve-note_chromatic_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_tuning#Systems_for_the... ], and they all involve tradeoffs. Equal temperament's benefit is its flexibility, but that doesn't make it 'better'.