Is the difference between (1) and (2) due to "temperament"?Įdit 2: Wow - I did not think through my last edit. If this is the case, how can (1) and (2) "sound the same" / have the same "quality"? The frequency doubles across each octave, but, the notes are distributed unevenly - difference between middle C and C# is 15.557Hz, where as the difference between D and D# is 17.462Hz. Looking at the different note frequencies ( ), the differences between each semitone is not uniform. I guess the question I wanted to ask could be better phrased as "if we used computer software to lower the frequency of (1) to (2), would the two chords sound the same"? Disregarding any differences due to frequency, are the quality of (1) and (2) theoretically the same? the difference between a middle C on a Yamaha vs middle C on a Bluthner. Reading through the replies I just wanted to clarify that I am not referring to the "timbre" (read - "harmonic" in music engineer terms) of the instrument due to register differences or other instrument differences, e.g. All chords are in root position, and in the same octave. I thought 1 and 2 should be the same given that they are the same interval and just transposed?Įdit: Thanks for all the answers! To clarify, I am testing this on a piano (simulated pianoteq / midi vpc1). I am not sure if my hearing is confused, but 1 sounds better than 2. C minor followed by F major, which is also an interval of a 4th. F minor followed by B flat major, which is an interval of a 4th. I recently started trying my hand at composition and could not figure out why the two chords progressions sounds different:
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