Erm, aC2 is supposed to read "A = 432".
Jacob
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Jacob Johnson
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
A A This isn't the first time I've seen the aC2 argument. But the
premise
A A is faulty. Advocates of the aC2 stuff talk about perceived
benefits
A A that are tied to temperament and not absolute pitch; simply
sliding a
A A whole album 8 cents flat doesn't do anything to address
temperament.A
A A Sure, 432 may be some mystic pitch of cosmic mechanical
resonance, but
A A since the universe is actually ordered around the natural
harmonic
A A series, 12-TET based on 432 is still going to be "out of tune"
with the
A A universe on every note but A.A
A A On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 2:00 PM, doug asherman
<[1][2][email protected]>
A A wrote:
A A A After reading this, I did a few experiments. I tuned my
guitar to
A A A A432 -- it sounds fine (I mean, you know, for an equal
temperament
A A A instrument). I'll probably keep it that way for a while.
A A A Then I ripped some music to my computer and applied a pitch
shift to
A A A it. Oddly, while Bob Marley sounds great at A432 the Henry
Purcell
A A A Fantasias don't sound that great.
A A A It's been fun, though.
A A A Doug
A A On 6/6/15 10:48 AM, Dan Winheld wrote:
A A
A [2][3]http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/06/are-we-all-
mistu
A A A ning-our-instruments-and-can-we-blame-the-nazis.html
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