I was going to point that out about no relationship to western scale except as a quick dirty point of reference. On Sep 29, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Chris Smart wrote: > Frequency or tone would probably be a better term here. Quoting Daniel Dennet > from "This Is Your Brain On Music" - an excellent book by the way: "~ Pitch > is a purely psychological construct, related both to the actual frequency of > a particular tone and to its relative position in the musical scale. I gave > note names for the two tones in a North American dial tone in another post, > but that's probably going into risky territory. particular frequency values > in HZ would be more accurate, since things get shady if we talk about notes. > For example, a busy signal is, to my ear at least, a little sharp of B-flat4 > and D5 played simultaneously. Many of the other tones Annabelle is looking > for aren't exact notes from twelve-tone equal temprament either. > > Chris > > > At 10:00 PM 9/29/2011, you wrote: >> Do you mean "pitches?" > > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately > following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq