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Subject:
Pitch discernment
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David Pickett <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Mon, 8 Feb 2016 11:32:24 +0100
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At 11:03 08-02-16, T. Diehl wrote:

 >Please don't believe me, dive into
 >some books and check it out for yourself: multiple researchers have come to
 >the conclusion that the human ear cannot discern less than 1 Hz increments
 >when it comes to a single tone.

Do you mean by "a single tone", a sine wave?  If so, this is not 
something we meet in harpsichord notes.

Please give us your references.  Which pages of which books?

David

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