432Hz "A"

[BassChuck]

Spiritual/holistic medicine has been around for thousands of years, and there's that old adage: "Music soothes even the most savage of beasts." I don't believe that this saying came out of thin air; however, I've never tamed a lion with my bass.

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Minor point but:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/252000.html

 

[/\/\3phist0]

I always remember that Nazi is pronounced " not see"

 

[warnergt]

D minor is the saddest chord. People weep instantly when they hear it.
And, when it's played with 432 Hz tuning, they become hysterical.

 

[Anders Barfod]

Old thread.
But what have surprised me is that a lot of great songs are recorded in a pitch between standard A4=440hz and G#4=415.3Hz.
A lot of older classic ACDC tracks are between 428Hz and 435Hz. TNT, Highway to Hell...and many more.
Old Kiss Hits like "I was made to living you..." is ~430hz.
One of the better rock songs from my home country is DADs "sleeping my day away", also around 431hz playing a flat A# at ~457hz.
There is something inherently natural and relaxed when singing around pitches 430-434hz and gives the music a different feeling or color if you like ....

 

[Badwater]

Sometimes when I record bass and guitar where the guitar is playing the exact same notes as the bass one octave higher, I tune the bass a tad lower so that the guitar and bass don't have that stereo chorus sound. And I can keep them separate in the mix.

Also, Lee Oskar's harmonica's are voiced slightly off of standard tuning, which adds to the separation of the harmonica in the mix.

 

[Anders Barfod]

Hoew

Sometimes when I record bass and guitar where the guitar is playing the exact same notes as the bass one octave higher, I tune the bass a tad lower so that the guitar and bass don't have that stereo chorus sound. And I can keep them separate in the mix.

Also, Lee Oskar's harmonica's are voiced slightly off of standard tuning, which adds to the separation of the harmonica in the mix.

How many cents can one instrument be off before it sounds disharmonic. I know bassist stu hamm tunes 3 cent lower than the guitars.
I would guess around 6-7 cents before it gets really off ?