[Bell Historians] Converting frequencies to notes

Mark Humphreys mark.humphreys at b...
Fri Jul 12 13:23:31 BST 2002


> And while many people might say "But C sharp is the same as D flat",
clearly
> some rings of bells are described as one and not the other (e.g.
Cripplegate
> is D flat). There may be 12 pitches on a piano, but there are 21 on a
> violin.

Far more than 21 the way I used to play, Dickon :) I'd say a number tending
towards infinity!

Mark





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