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Re: [EXS] Beats per minute

2003-10-12 by Don Newmeyer

on 10/12/03 9:44 AM, Ned Bouhalassa at ned@... wrote:

> Hi Gary!
> 
> Easy this one, especially with the example you used. Just divide the
> difference between the C3 and C4 by 12.
> 
> a) 240 bpm - 120 bpm = 120 bpm
> 
> b) 120 bpm / 12 = 10 bpm
> 
> c) 10 bpm per semitone. C#3 = 130 bpm, F3 = 170 bpm
> 
> d) with 96 bpm, for eg, you'll divide 96 by 12, and get 8. Just add 8
> bpm for every semitone.

Sorry, Ned. I don't think this can be correct. If it were, then you'd have
one fixed increment for going up between 120 and 240 and a different one for
going down from 120 to 60. I think you have to use the twelfth-root of two
business.

Don

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