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Comment by kazinator

3.5% is a lot! One semitone is a bit shy of 6 percent.s

It's between 59 and 60 cents: more than a quarter semitone.

Exact value:

  1> (* 1200 (log2 1.035))
  59.5569212695205
So 59.6 to 3 sig figs. Someone with a good pitch memory of a tune (hearing in their head how it should sound) would spot such a difference. Especially if they heard the tune recently.
parent kazinator 2 years ago

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