[Harp-L] Re: Harmonica math

[Jonathan Metts <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't found a conversion formula between Hertz and cents yet, but 
Wikipedia has some good information on just what a cent is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_%28music%29

It looks like cents are a logarithmic, relative measurement, whereas 
Hertz are an absolute scale of measurement.  So, there may not be one 
catch-all formula to convert between them.  However, you can probably do 
individual conversions if you know how many Hertz make up a given 
octave, since there are 1200 cents in each octave.

Hopefully, you'll get more advice from tuners who actually understand 
this stuff!

Jonathan Metts