what is a "cent" in tuning?

[Snoogles]

i've heard this term used lately and i don't understand what it means

 

[Kam]

Re: what is a "cent" in tuning?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_(music)

 

[Snoogles]

Re: what is a "cent" in tuning?

Twelve-tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each.​

so a cent is 1% of a semitone?
that would make... sense

 

[Markk]

Re: what is a "cent" in tuning?

I couldn't hear the differences on the wiki page in the recordings where the sounds differ by 1, 6, and 10 cents. Interesting stuff.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: what is a "cent" in tuning?

^^ It can be hard to tell a single note on its own. Some people can. I cant. Its about 10 cents off when I start to notice it. 1 cent would be some damn good ears.

 

[FuseG4]

Re: what is a "cent" in tuning?

10 cents is way easy to hear when it's 2 or 3 notes. Just listen to kids at guitar center.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: what is a "cent" in tuning?

10 cents is way easy to hear when it's 2 or 3 notes. Just listen to kids at guitar center.

Remember that post from last year of the isolated guitar tracks from Gimme Shelter? Clearly and, sometimes, painfully out of tune yet, the overall effect is something that perfect concert pitch could not have created.

Last weekend, I started a recording in my using Seymourised Epi Lucille. In my hurry to get the idea down, I did not bother to check the tuning. B was flat. The result is a rhythm guitar bed with a vibe similar to the last five minutes of Cant You Hear Me Knocking from Sticky Fingers.

 

[Kam]

Re: what is a "cent" in tuning?

Twelve-tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each.​

so a cent is 1% of a semitone?
that would make... sense

I know, right?

I kinda wish they had made it so that there's like 98 of them in one semi-tone. Just to **** with people.