Re: Transposed Chord name "F flat"

[Graham Percival]

On 2-Nov-04, at 4:18 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2004, at 6:20 PM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
>
> > Bear in mind, E and F-flat aren't actually the same note. Not only 
> > are they
> > different points on the key scale, but in a properly tuned scale they 
> > aren't
> > even the same frequency! Very close, but not the same.
>
> Interesting... this flies in the face of everything I've ever been 
> taught :-D

In equal temperament -- aka "standard piano tuning" -- they're the same 
note.
Using pythagorean or just intonation, they're different.

I did a quick google for those terms, and these pages look promising:
http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11639/latest/
http://www.midicode.com/tunings/index.shtml

I'm sure you could find many more, though.

Cheers,
- Graham