[ddots-l] Re: Frequencies Of Telephone Tones

  • From: Kevin L Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx>
  • To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:41:55 -0500

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?"
> 
> 
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