John Chambers wrote:
Yeah, and there has been a slow inflation of "standard" pitch over the several centuries that we've had such a concept.
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One of the explanations that I've heard is that string players tend to be leaders in this race.
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They do, and singers suffer the most. As standards of living increase, the singers gets more well-fed and their voices drop in pitch. At the same time, the notes they are supposed to sing go the other way. (Everybody who has tried to sing the tenor in a choir perfoming a Bach cantate probably winces from bad memories at this point. ;-)
Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com
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