Re:Music theory for nerds (2016)
by holri on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @02:47PM
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yes, there are more than 12 tones, obviously. But If you play two neighbor microtonal tones together, you hear only one beating.
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You can play with a 31/43/53 note keyboard yourself to see that you’re incorrect.
You can not differentiate two microtones playing together at the same time. Unfortunately, I could not test this with your link, because I could only play one after another.
Re:Music theory for nerds (2016)
by Ataraxiaist on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:31AM
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You must not play an instrument because this is completely absurd.
I play the piano for a long time. And I have a clavichord that I tune myself and can tune microtonal to make such tests, which I do.
I can clearly hear different microtone combinations when playing multiple neighbors at the same time on the linked 53 note keyboard.
I'm sure at some point those tones will converge into a single note to human ears, but the fact that a 53-note keyboard exists shows that people can absolutely hear smaller divisions than just the 12 standard notes.