To: eastsider
By having a wavelength 57 times longer than middle c. Not quite.
Go down ONE octave, the wavelength is twice middle C.
Go down TWO octaves, the wavelength is four times middle C.
Go down THREE octaves, the wavelength is eight times middle C.
Go down 57 octaves, and the wavelength is 2^57 times middle C.
12 posted on
09/24/2003 10:57:05 AM PDT by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
Picky, picky, picky ...
All right, then, by having a wavelength 57 times longer than the B-flat below middle C. Okay? : )
To: Izzy Dunne
Congratulations, Izzy. You are today's winner of the Pythagorean Award. You're exactly right, thank you. The correct answer is, "By having a wavelength 2 to the 57th power longer than the B-flat below middle C."
Thanks again : )
To: Izzy Dunne
Go down 57 octaves, and the wavelength is 2^57 times middle C. The frequency of the Bb below middle C is about 233 Hz. That is about 7.3 x 10 ^9 cycles per year. 2^57 is about 1.44 x 10^17. So each cycle of this "sound" last about 10 million years.
To: Izzy Dunne
Did it say, "All your base are belong to us"?
30 posted on
09/24/2003 12:01:40 PM PDT by
4mycountry
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