David,
Not impressed. Black Sabbath was playing at 370
and below, way before anyone else back in the early
1970's. Most other hard rock/metal bands tune to at
least 415 or 392 - as they have been doing for a
couple of decades. Truly HIP. ;-)
Chris
--- David Tayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My French ensemble performs often at 370, this
> includes specially
> made keyboards, winds and strings, plus large lutes
> at 370, which can
> be considered "french pitch" along with "super low"
> pitch of ~340.
> Good evidence for both pitches from historical
> keyboard instruments,
> but other pitches must have been used, such as 392,
> 408, 399, 411, 430, etc.
>
> Free listen:
>
http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/orinda-airs/hifi_play
>
> As a starting point for French baroque lute, on a
> "French Frey", 399
> or 400 is a very good choice. I often find 415 a bit
> too high, and
> 392 a bit tubby due to the relatively small scale.
>
> An amusing pitch fact--
> Most HIP classical music is performed at 430, higher
> than 415, even
> though Mozart's tuning fork was 2 cents lower than
> Handel's fork.
> dt
>
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