Re: [math-fun] The Saddest Thing about the Integers

I'm not sure what you mean by "most people", but most good musicians can tell the difference. Recall that nonlinearities in your ears produce beat frequencies, which are quite easy to hear. At 02:10 PM 12/2/2014, Mike Speciner wrote:

I doubt if most people could tell if two notes 7 octaves apart were quite in tune. Particularly on a piano, where the harmonics aren't quite integer multiples of the fundamental anyway.

--ms