The Imperfect Universe

<p>Here&rsquo;s a fun fact: Nearly every single song you&rsquo;ve ever listened to has been out of tune. Ever-so-slightly out of tune, but out of tune nonetheless.</p> <p>That&rsquo;s because all modern instruments are tuned using a method called&nbsp;<strong>Equal Temperament</strong>. In a nutshell, Equal Temperament makes all music slightly out of tune so that music in any key sounds equally good.</p> <p>Think of any musical note (A, D, F#, etc.) as corresponding to a specific frequency. In all modern music, the ratio between any two successive notes is fixed at the unusual ratio of 2^(1/12), or 1.05946309436&hellip;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@NirZicherman/the-imperfect-universe-57de37694408"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>