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In music, what is "south of an F sharp"

 
 
Reply Mon 26 Sep, 2011 08:53 pm
"My laptop usually starts off just south of an F sharp and then sits around just south of a G sharp for a while."

The person who says this has perfect pitch, so every sound around her can be equalled to a specific note in music. I find out what "an F sharp" means, but why is "south of ". When the direction comes, I cannot understand. Could anyone tell me the meaning of "south of " here?

Thank you!
 
Rockhead
 
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Reply Mon 26 Sep, 2011 08:55 pm
@Justin Xu,
it is being used as "just short of" here, endy.

almost but not quite...
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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 26 Sep, 2011 09:50 pm
@Justin Xu,
G, I don't know.
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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 26 Sep, 2011 10:01 pm
@Justin Xu,
More seriously you make an incorrect assumption here

Quote:
every sound around her can be equalled to a specific note in music


Not true specific frequencies can be 'equalled' to a specific note - but frequencies between those specific frequencies CAN NOT be 'equalled' to a specific (western) note

C 4: 261.63 Hz
C 4 sharp (or D 4 flat): 277.18 Hz
D 4: 293.66 Hz
D 4 sharp (or E 4 flat): 311.13 Hz
E 4: 329.63 Hz
F 4: 349.23 Hz
F 4 sharp (or G 4 flat): 369.99 Hz
G 4: 392 Hz
G 4 sharp (or A 4 flat): 415.3 Hz
A 4: 440 Hz
A 4 sharp (or B 4 flat): 466.16 Hz
B 4: 493.88 Hz


An F# is around 370 hertz

An G# is around 415 hertz

'Just south' means 'just below' or 'a little lower' - therefore she is saying that the laptop's frequency isn't quite high enough to be be called a G#, maybe around 400-410 hertz for example.

More here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note
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Fido
 
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Reply Tue 27 Sep, 2011 05:17 am
@Justin Xu,
F- art
McTag
 
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Reply Tue 27 Sep, 2011 11:34 am
@Fido,

F sharp, a little flattened. But not a low as F.
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roger
 
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Reply Tue 27 Sep, 2011 01:28 pm
@Justin Xu,
"South of" usually means below. Most maps show north at the top, and south at the bottom. If I say "My investments" just went south, I mean that I lost money.
Letty
 
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Reply Wed 28 Sep, 2011 08:26 am
@roger,
Ah, Rog. I am so sorry.

Justin, it's Fmajor
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