Re: [Harp-L] Metronome question no harp content

[Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

The logic is this:

You perceive the % change of the tempo.  At a fast tempo a couple of beats/minute would not be perceptible.  At a very slow tempo, 2 beats/min would be perceptible.  

The metronome designer assumes that  2/40 or 5% is perceptible.  To maintain 5% increments, the beats/min must increase in larger steps at higher tempos....3 at 60, 4 at 80, etc.

Vern

On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Joseph Leone wrote:

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> Yes
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> On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:19 PM, michael rubin wrote:
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>> On my metronome the numbers of beats per minute skip from 40 to 42 and
>> then changes by twos for a while, then threes, the kind of fours.  Is
>> there a logic to this?
>> Thanks,
>> Michael Rubin
>> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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