In France, from my experience, we tend to use A =404, aka the "Peugeot pitch" ;-) a lot for the early baroque repertoire.
Jean-Marie ======= 30-06-2008 17:41:50 ======= > >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 >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 30-06-2008
