Dear Hansen, Thank you so much for making this wonderful short video of explaining the difference between Hertz and Cents. Best 5mins moment in my 2023 so far. Regards, Maths major student from Hong Kong
So in different context a cent is equal to different number of herz, right? And cents are useful to us because our ear considers half-steps (based on the same ratio of herz between the two tones) as “units” (that we divide into 100 cents) rather than herz which is simply vibrations per second.
Just to throw a fly in the ointment ... all pianos are "out of tune". (I am a violin player.) A Perfect fourth played on the piano is not the same as a perfect fourth played on a violin. :)
Most tuning systems have their limits, don't they. As someone to primarily sings a cappella, we aren't even beholden to line up certain notes with others ;-)
The energy in this video felt like a warm hug on a rainy day. I got heavy into music theory during the pandemic. Eventually learned about the harmonic series, which led to me learning about tuning systems. I was a computer tech/science student in college. One day philosophically thinking about relativity, I got curious about deriving the frequencies of other notes relative to a given note’s frequency. I figured out the math for doing so, shortly after learned that it’s a similar process for calculating cents alterations, and just finished coding 2 functions that calculates frequency values and cents mutations of musical notes. Then I found this video, and the joke you made at the end tickled me 😂. Thank you for this 🙏🏽✨
@UCtLGrDlpv5CuwPyZFTW88EQ Sure - it's in the "analysis" menu on the bottom. Then, in the middle on the left there's a small rectangle - if you tap that, there are four different analysis choices. Hope that helps.
That depends on how they are using the work. Cents is a unit of measurement like inches or feet… So 900 cents equals 9 half steps… but I’m wondering if whatever program you’re using means 900 cents away from something else (like 900 cents away from middle C or something). Hard to know without more context!
I can't believe someone finally can use the power of language to explain things easy peasy
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks so much for this. Now I understand why tuning is so important!
lol the look you gave the camera after the pun. Perfect
Alyssa Black 😂 oh good, someone noticed. Lol
Dear Hansen,
Thank you so much for making this wonderful short video of explaining the difference between Hertz and Cents. Best 5mins moment in my 2023 so far.
Regards,
Maths major student from Hong Kong
Glad you liked the video!
Great video lesson!!! I can't wait to see the next one!!
I had clicked on another of your videos and had to pause and facepalm because the pun caught up with me... that was good, haha.
😂
Awesome succinct explanation. Now I understand what +12 cents means, in this case to create a tremelo effect.
Glad to hear it!
Thank you! Exactly what I was looking to understand.
Great!
Really interesting!
Thanks. Clear explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
Nice job. Thanks
You bet!
awesomeness
=)
I'm really not getting it but got an idea of what tuning is.....
Just wanted to ask if it helps change octaves in anyway???
So in different context a cent is equal to different number of herz, right? And cents are useful to us because our ear considers half-steps (based on the same ratio of herz between the two tones) as “units” (that we divide into 100 cents) rather than herz which is simply vibrations per second.
Yes, absolutely! It's so much easier for our brains to conceive of something that seems fixed or consistent rather than dealing with logarithms!
Hi Kathleen! Hi CelesteTC!
that thumbnail
Not me accidentally dropping pennies in between my piano keys and having to disassemble it to get them out. 😶😒
our ability to discriminate differences in pitch-is limited to around five cents
Are piano is almost a semitone out of tune its a quarter out out tune
Hope you can get it tuned!
aha ! just starting to look into this area and now it makes sense i was confused for a moment
Enjoy!
Did it actually hurt anyone else’s body to hear the quarter tone?
Definitely uncomfortable! 😩😊
Just to throw a fly in the ointment ... all pianos are "out of tune". (I am a violin player.) A Perfect fourth played on the piano is not the same as a perfect fourth played on a violin. :)
Most tuning systems have their limits, don't they. As someone to primarily sings a cappella, we aren't even beholden to line up certain notes with others ;-)
So helpful, thanks!
You're welcome =)
I wonder if you can actually write chords with diffrent cents
Sure! There are people who write microtonal music. This shows a few different ways to notate it.
trouble is you can hear hertz but not cents
The energy in this video felt like a warm hug on a rainy day.
I got heavy into music theory during the pandemic. Eventually learned about the harmonic series, which led to me learning about tuning systems. I was a computer tech/science student in college.
One day philosophically thinking about relativity, I got curious about deriving the frequencies of other notes relative to a given note’s frequency.
I figured out the math for doing so, shortly after learned that it’s a similar process for calculating cents alterations, and just finished coding 2 functions that calculates frequency values and cents mutations of musical notes.
Then I found this video, and the joke you made at the end tickled me 😂. Thank you for this 🙏🏽✨
Glad you liked it! =)
the piano is worth more than $87
lol, what? =)
@@VocalWarmupsWithKathleen the range of the piano is 8700 cents and 8700 cents=$87
@@benjaminmargulies1853 🤣
so if i had a vocal that is in the key of A minor and i move it up 100 cents it would be A# minor?
Yes, 100 cents = one half-step (semitone)... although you'd probably want to put it in Bb rather than A# =)
Thank you!
You're welcome!
(3:20) What's the name of this app? Looks cool!
Tonal Energy Tuner - "TE Tuner" =)
@UCtLGrDlpv5CuwPyZFTW88EQ Sure - it's in the "analysis" menu on the bottom. Then, in the middle on the left there's a small rectangle - if you tap that, there are four different analysis choices. Hope that helps.
What would 900 cents be cus I’m using 900 cents for a beat in pitch.
That depends on how they are using the work. Cents is a unit of measurement like inches or feet… So 900 cents equals 9 half steps… but I’m wondering if whatever program you’re using means 900 cents away from something else (like 900 cents away from middle C or something). Hard to know without more context!
@@VocalWarmupsWithKathleen +900 cents from the original key which I think is C
@@JLEC2005 +900 cents from C would be the key of A :)
@@VocalWarmupsWithKathleen thank you 🙏🏾