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muriel_volestrangler

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3. From a mathematical point of view, middle C = 256 Hz looks neat

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:51 AM

Mar 2013

So that any C is a power of 2, right down to the infrasonic limit (and beyond). However, if there's an ISO ruling that 440 Hz is already the standard since 1955, and that comes from a 1939 international agreement, then it seems better to stick to that. It means that all the musicians in the second half of the 20th century grew up with it.

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Pitch Battles: How a paranoid fringe group made musical tuning an international issue. [View all] Recursion Mar 2013 OP

Thanks for posting...very interesting. Will pass along to my musician friends. nt antigop Mar 2013 #1

Bookmarking for later. MuseRider Mar 2013 #2

From a mathematical point of view, middle C = 256 Hz looks neat muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #3

When I got into early music we tried the lower tunings Recursion Mar 2013 #4

fascinating......... dhill926 Mar 2013 #5

Kick! Heidi Mar 2013 #6

I thought orchestras in the 19th cent. tuned to A-435. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #7