[LAU] Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty--musicisjustone path

[Florian Schmidt]

On Thursday 05 April 2007, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:34:23PM -0400, Charles Linart wrote:
> > There are 12 frequencies of sound that are recognized by the human ear
> > as musical notes.
>
> That's completely wrong. Your recognise notes because you have been
> conditioned for them. It could be any set of frequencies.

I don't think so. Though the frequency relations used in the scales all over 
this world might differ, almost all do have some relation to the natural 
harmonic series..

So the details might differ, but the big picture is the same  :)

Regards,
Flo

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