OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Successive note frequencies in the twelve-tone equal temperament chromatic scale are 2^(1/12) higher than their predecessor.
LINKS
Michael Rubinstein, University of Waterloo, The Conspiracy of Equal Temperament
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Continued Fractions
Wikipedia, Equal Temperament
MATHEMATICA
ContinuedFraction[2^(1/12), 100]
ContinuedFraction[Surd[2, 12], 120] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 02 2019 *)
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 120); contfrac(2^(1/12)) \\ Seiichi Manyama, Feb 05 2021
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cofr,nice,nonn
AUTHOR
Nicholas A Kooij (nickkooij(AT)hotmail.com), May 02 2005
STATUS
approved