432 tuning

[iriegnome]

Thoughts??

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[BassChuck]

 

[iriegnome]

Cool. Looks like I am a 440 guy acording to that video..

 

[Oneirogenic]

This has been discussed a bit. In a nutshell: if you like it, go for it. Any so called benefits to it are pure bunk though.

 

[PortlandBass77]

hmmmm interesting.... I guess I prefer 440 Hz according to the video. I wouldn't call 432 sounding 'bad' or anything like that though, it's just a very subtle difference.....

 

[ddnidd1]

The 'blind test comparison' video is flawed on so many levels.

 

[okcrum]

This is all the rage in New Age the past few years, and not just for music.

 

[iriegnome]

According to the article, current 440 tuning only start in the early 1900's

 

[Rocktometrist]

I should shave stopped reading that garbage in the first paragraph when I hit the phrase "Rockefeller-Nazi consortium", but I guess I'm a glutton for incredibly stupid BS.

I kind of wonder about the author's sanity--those were a lot of words to waste on crazy nonsense!

 

[iriegnome]

I found that part rather humorous actually

 

[Rocktometrist]

I admit I didn't read the whole thing, but as far as I can tell the only things missing were aliens, tinfoil sombrero assembly instructions, and a 9/11 conspiracy theory!

 

[ReiPsaeg]

Just stop it.

 

[VinnyIuspa]

Ya I highly doubt there is any conspiracy, and I can bet with certainty that changing lowering you tuning every so slightly will make your music feel at one with the universe.

 

[Mattster]

Nah. Just intonation is where it's at

 

[DwaynieAD]

Is this the one with the nut job from York PA whose proof of this was that lady gaga came into a salon where his girlfriend works and wanted her to be her touring hair stylist

 

[pnchad]

This reminds me of numerology

Truth is about tuning - it's a preference in serious classical music. Different conductors/orchestras/symphony pieces are played at different pitches because the interpreter feels it adds to the feel of a piece. AFAIK very few big orchestras tune to A440. I forget the exact numbers but the London Phil usually tunes several cents above and others sometimes lower.

Their theory is that certain instruments when featured sound better at slightly differing pitches. Wouldn't want to be the piano tuner though. hehe

 

[Nev375]

If you believe hard enough, I'm sure it's real.

 

[okcrum]

According to the article, current 440 tuning only start in the early 1900's

That is true for standard tuning. A4 has been anywhere from 415 Hz in baroque music to 451 Hz in 19th century Europe, as ensembles competed for brighter sound by inching their tuning up.

Many major orchestras today do not tune to A440. 441, 442, and 443 Hz are all in use.

The original standard was supposed to be 439 Hz, but it was too hard to synthesize with high accuracy in the lab back then because 439 is a prime number, hence rounding up to 440.

 

[InhumanResource]

This video is drivel. The samples in each "case" are different. It has nothing to do with an 8 hz difference off some base pitch, or at least you can't prove that a preference for one over the other is attributable to the difference. Absurd.

 

[Ric5]