Musescore Tuning

• Apr 15, 2022 - 19:39

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0.5 tuned does work.

A tuning difference of 0.5 cent between 2 notes sounded in succession is too close to perceive. In twelve-tone equal temperament, all semitones are equal in size to100 cents, and notes like C and C♯ are easily distinguished from each other.

Fortunately for our purposes here, when 2 tones that are close in pitch (e.g., 0.5 cents) are played simultaneously, the combined waveform exhibits constructive and destructive interference which produces variations in volume known as beats. This can be verified by listening to this file:
Beats.mscz
Pay attention to the second system where the beats are obvious. If either staff is muted, the beats disappear.

N.B.: MuseScore uses samples that need to be looped when played over long durations. A critical listener may perceive subtle beats or artifacts on the unison staves. Those are irrelevant here.

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