February 9, 2007
Understanding the Western Tempered Scale (Part 7 of 15):
Is this 1.059463 number real?

Test it out. Let's multiply 1.059463 by itself 12 times. If we get 2.000, we did it right. The simple way to do that is:

"1.059463" "y^x" "12" "="

1.9999979 -- which is pretty dang close to exactly 2

If you don't trust higher math, you can multiply 1.059463 by itself 11 times (i.e., 12 factors of 1.059463), and see what you get.

 

 

 

 

 

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