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From: Alec Drachman
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 20:17:33 -0500
Subject: Re: A440?

Mike Curtis wrote:

>
>
> Sound is vibrations - a "pressure" followed by a "suction". Each
> pressure/suction pair is called a "cycle", or a "Hertz". Sound comprised
> of 440 Cycles or Hertz per second makes a pitch of A440.

Actually, the frequency is defined as cycles per second or Hertz - i.e. the
Hertz already includes the "per second". So "Hertz per second" is redundant or
at least a different unit. Sorry, I couldn't help myself - it's the
math/science teacher in me. I only took off one point, though. :-)

Alec