I've spent my life in the biomedical sciences as a researcher and teacher. There's a widespread distrust of modern medicine and science in general that wasn't there 20 or 30 years ago. Back then, it was just a few random whackos. Now, depite the great technological advances we're making, there is subset that is driving us back to the dark ages.
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Anyone tuning at 432hz?
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I've spent my life in the biomedical sciences as a researcher and teacher. There's a widespread distrust of modern medicine and science in general that wasn't there 20 or 30 years ago. Back then, it was just a few random whackos. Now, depite the great technological advances we're making, there is subset that is driving us back to the dark ages.
Standard is to tune to A = 440hz, but there are several voices saying that we should be tuning to 432hz as was done in the past, to sync all harmonics to the base earth frequency of 8hz.
If anyone is doing it, have you felt any difference? Do you know availabe tuners in the market to tune at 432?
Please, be gentle
I tune to the piano or keyboard player so 440 is what I'm stuck with. But I tune my baby grand piano at 442 and get a rush every time I play because it sounds so sweet.
Wow! Is this still a thing? I thought it had been thoroughly debunked by now......
Always tune to the acoustic piano, regardless of what frequency A is at.
With electronic instruments and with most musicians in this century, you can assume that 440 is the standard, so you’ll need to sell the rest of the band on why you want them all to tune to another frequency. Hey, maybe they’ll prefer it, but the burden is on you to convince them to detune.
With electronic instruments and with most musicians in this century, you can assume that 440 is the standard, so you’ll need to sell the rest of the band on why you want them all to tune to another frequency. Hey, maybe they’ll prefer it, but the burden is on you to convince them to detune.
Sounds like my father-in-law, who refuses to wash his hands because "a little dirt is healthy".
I thought about it, researched all kinds of harmonics, measured a lot of stuff, and when you get down to it, "accurate" measurement standards are linked to atomic clocks that can in fact vary. Couple this with all the time dilation from gravitational effects and time becomes a rubber ruler. So play the song at whatever frequency feels good, cuz that's why we're all playing music. 
I an reminded in this thread of a “joke” from elementary school (we used to call it “elementary school”). Be reasonable, do it my way.
I'll try to translate a joke from French:
.... And this was my own opinion on the subject. Like everybody knows, everyone is entitled to my own opinion.
I see... youre one of those people whom cannot discern humour from context. .. yes yes, nothing to say about the literal-ness of tuning to 8hz?
I bet youre great a parties.
sounds like you are a hard working chap...best to listen and trust your ears...electronic tuners work for a standard but we all know that the beauty is in the blend
Literal-ness is a great door for jokes. Maybe the one not seeing the humor on the responses is you.
How are you at parties?
maybe it is.Literal-ness is a great door for jokes. Maybe the one not seeing the humor on the responses is you.
How are you at parties?
I think I'd find it easier to play half a step down than tune down. I know where the notes are more than I remember patterns, it seems. That might explain why I can't sing and play as I'm singing the bass line to myself. I can read text and play, though. Not music as I can't read that.
If there was any advantage in tuning to 432 everyone would. They don’tStandard is to tune to A = 440hz, but there are several voices saying that we should be tuning to 432hz as was done in the past, to sync all harmonics to the base earth frequency of 8hz.
If anyone is doing it, have you felt any difference? Do you know availabe tuners in the market to tune at 432?
Please, be gentle
If there was any advantage eating healthy and exercising staying away from candy and softdricks and grease dripping fries.. everyone would. They don't..
Funny you should mention cruise ship motors, BassBrass. Here in Norfolk (UK) I used to play with jazz bands on a river boat called the Vintage Broadsman, which travels from Wroxham a few miles to another 'broad' (large lake), round the broad and comes back. The engine is under a sort of platform-deck at the back, and that was where the band would set up. Fortunately the pitch of the engine does not change no matter how fast or slow the boat is going, or even idling, unlike a car engine. Unfortunately it runs about halfway between F and F#. Fortunately I play fretless ...
I get what you’re saying...I personally prefer 440 and change key to suit the vocal...just humming along for a bit of annoying hippy fun. It is even more annoying as I play in multiple bands. Three different tunings....still better than working for a living
