Beato Top 20

[MrAB4003]

Pitch is cultural, though. A=440 is relatively recent, and in the 19th century A encompassed what today is Bb and also G#. So whilst the propensity for it may have an inherent component, the actual expression of it must to some extent be acquired.

Personally, I find some old recordings (and this isn't just ones from 1935 or something, but ones from the 1960s and 70s when tape speeds might be altered before mastering) unlistenable on some days but not others. I'm cross-dominant in terms of handedness and also stammer, and the extent of hand dominance or ability to speak fluently varies day-by-day for me, and they seem to be correlated. Perhaps my tolerance for things not recorded as A=440 varies with that too. Anecdotally, I'm more tolerant on a more right-handed day.

P.S. having hand dominance shift (even if it's only partial) is a pain in the behind some days.

That's a fair point. I tune my basses and guitar to A4 = 432 Hz, which is around 40 cents flatter than the "standard" A4 = 440 Hz. That's just the way my brain likes it. Giuseppe Verdi also tuned to this pitch in the 19th Century.

TIL that the "standard" 440 Hz became the standard in America and Britain in 1926. Before then, classical composers tuned however they wanted to.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

That's a fair point. I tune my basses and guitar to A4 = 432 Hz, which is around 40 cents flatter than the "standard" A4 = 440 Hz.

That would be like fingernails on a blackboard about 6.5 days a month (*). (I mentioned the thread to my wife and she confirmed that when I am having a stuttering day I am totally intolerant of anything not A=440Hz. Don't ask me what neurological pathways cause this, but it has always been thus).

TIL that the "standard" 440 Hz became the standard in America and Britain in 1926. Before then, classical composers tuned however they wanted to.

Yes, I knew it was some point in the first half of the 20th century. IIRC, it was around 1940 in much of Europe.

Checking, Europe had earlier standards per country in the 19th century for A=440Hz, but

In May of 1939, delegates from France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, and England convened at Broadcasting House in London, the headquarters of the BBC, to address the issue of concert pitch. Representatives from Switzerland and the United States participated via mail. The other European delegates concurred with Swinburne's position and agreed to a standard of A440.

* Fingernails on a chalkboard don't bother me. At home the conversation often goes "God, can you hear that awful noise" "What noise" "The whining" "Oh, I can hear it now you point it out but I can hear it now" "It wasn't bothering you?" "Was what bothering me?" "The sound" "No, I just tuned it out". It's helpful on a plane - I can ignore crying babies and if I get into a book a really can't hear them.

 

[Tom Gallo]

If I didn't like him, I would simply choose not to watch. I wouldn't go whining about how awful he is on an online forum. But that's just me.

The only time I ever comment about the guy is when someone else brings him up in a thread.

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As to my opinion of Rick Beato, he has some really great content including "what makes this song great" and some of the interviews. I'm always impressed by how he manages to snag interviews with so many well known, well respected artists and lesser known outside of music circles artists. He interview Sting and he interviewed Chuck Rainey for examples. The former a huge popular artist everyone knows, the latter a well respected musician but pretty much unknown to the general public. His other content like the lists are typical YT fair and he can be biased toward so-called classic rock. I usually avoid that content.

One thing that drives me batty is channel is how he will stop part way through a video to advertise his second channel. Admittedly a minor peeve on my part.

 

[LowEndLobster]

I would nominate most anything with NickTheBassist for a top 20 threads list. Back in the 2000s, that kid was a legendary troll. I'd also nominate the threads that got Jeff Berlin and Ken Smith banned from the forum.

Pile drivingly heavy XD

 

[Deleted member 394181]

And i'm incensed by the geniuses he's included and the hacks he's omitted, and i haven't seen the list neither! And i'm incensed that you're incensed for the exact opposite reason i'm incensed! And i think i smell incense?

That makes no sense.

 

[Stevorebob]

Somehow I manage not to look at videos that don’t interest me.