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by Child Of The 60s on April 27th, 2007
Cents are a term used to express a value of pitch when describing frequencies and intervals in equal temperment.
An equally tempered octave would consist of 12 semitones of equal value. One cent = 1/100 of a semitone. An octave therefore = 1200 cents.
Here's a link where you can get into it as deeply as ou like: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/music/imgmus/cent.gif
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