Re: RA Music

2009-08-21 Thread Mike Hoffmann

I have always been interested on where strings want to go. I am by no  
means the best tuner, but I enjoy playing with the same group of  
people (when I can) over the course of a couple of days and always  
tuning to one arbitrary instrument that sounds reasonable enough to  
tune too.  Depending on the weather we are high or low, but we are  
always in tune.  Of course when a jam comes along where everyone  
agrees to tune to a tuner, piano, or harp that is in a steady tuning  
we will all laugh before we get there due to the lengths we have  
strayed.  This is by no means any better than tuning to something that  
is pitched at 440, but from experience I can guess that the world  
doesn't always vibrate at 440.
mike
On Aug 20, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Mike Hedding wrote:


 My brother showed me this today:

 http://ramusic.com/

 Basically this guy has a theory that A=440 was a man made decision
 about where to tune to and he has this theory that A=424 is actually
 the frequency where nature is in tune with.  He bases his theory on
 some mathematical calculations.

 He suggests that music may be more enjoyable and bring about deeper
 feelings from your body if you're tuned to 424 rather than 440.

 There's a video on his site you can watch about it.

 My brother and I both tuned down to 424 (slightly less than a half
 step flat) and jammed for a little today and it did sound nice... did
 it sound noticeably better? I can't really say it did. Plus for me it
 was hard to judge it objectively because I had just watched the video
 and it put suggestions into my head that 424 was more in tune with
 nature than 440.

 Definitely interesting whether you buy into it or not.

 Anyone else heard of this or tried it?

 Mike
 


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Re: RA Music

2009-08-21 Thread Robin Gravina

All well until I read that 'pi is the most divine number in existence'...



On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Mike Hoffmannmikehoffma...@gmail.com wrote:

 I have always been interested on where strings want to go. I am by no
 means the best tuner, but I enjoy playing with the same group of
 people (when I can) over the course of a couple of days and always
 tuning to one arbitrary instrument that sounds reasonable enough to
 tune too.  Depending on the weather we are high or low, but we are
 always in tune.  Of course when a jam comes along where everyone
 agrees to tune to a tuner, piano, or harp that is in a steady tuning
 we will all laugh before we get there due to the lengths we have
 strayed.  This is by no means any better than tuning to something that
 is pitched at 440, but from experience I can guess that the world
 doesn't always vibrate at 440.
 mike
 On Aug 20, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Mike Hedding wrote:


 My brother showed me this today:

 http://ramusic.com/

 Basically this guy has a theory that A=440 was a man made decision
 about where to tune to and he has this theory that A=424 is actually
 the frequency where nature is in tune with.  He bases his theory on
 some mathematical calculations.

 He suggests that music may be more enjoyable and bring about deeper
 feelings from your body if you're tuned to 424 rather than 440.

 There's a video on his site you can watch about it.

 My brother and I both tuned down to 424 (slightly less than a half
 step flat) and jammed for a little today and it did sound nice... did
 it sound noticeably better? I can't really say it did. Plus for me it
 was hard to judge it objectively because I had just watched the video
 and it put suggestions into my head that 424 was more in tune with
 nature than 440.

 Definitely interesting whether you buy into it or not.

 Anyone else heard of this or tried it?

 Mike
 


 


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Re: RA Music

2009-08-21 Thread Val Mindel

Apparently 440 is something of a recent decision and standard tuning
has been gradually creeping up to capture the brighter sound. Baroque-
period instruments were tuned in the 430s. I like the lower pitches
myself ... dark and spooky. But who's gonna argue with all those
tuners.

On Aug 20, 7:08 pm, Mike Hedding michaelhedd...@gmail.com wrote:
 My brother showed me this today:

 http://ramusic.com/

 Basically this guy has a theory that A=440 was a man made decision
 about where to tune to and he has this theory that A=424 is actually
 the frequency where nature is in tune with.  He bases his theory on
 some mathematical calculations.

 He suggests that music may be more enjoyable and bring about deeper
 feelings from your body if you're tuned to 424 rather than 440.

 There's a video on his site you can watch about it.

 My brother and I both tuned down to 424 (slightly less than a half
 step flat) and jammed for a little today and it did sound nice... did
 it sound noticeably better? I can't really say it did. Plus for me it
 was hard to judge it objectively because I had just watched the video
 and it put suggestions into my head that 424 was more in tune with
 nature than 440.

 Definitely interesting whether you buy into it or not.

 Anyone else heard of this or tried it?

 Mike
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Re: RA Music

2009-08-21 Thread Mike

I just checked and my tuners, a Korg AW and a Peterson Flip, are
calibratable to 424 so I'm going to try it out.

On Aug 21, 8:33 am, Val Mindel vmin...@gmail.com wrote:
. But who's gonna argue with all those
 tuners.
e
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RA Music

2009-08-20 Thread Mike Hedding

My brother showed me this today:

http://ramusic.com/

Basically this guy has a theory that A=440 was a man made decision
about where to tune to and he has this theory that A=424 is actually
the frequency where nature is in tune with.  He bases his theory on
some mathematical calculations.

He suggests that music may be more enjoyable and bring about deeper
feelings from your body if you're tuned to 424 rather than 440.

There's a video on his site you can watch about it.

My brother and I both tuned down to 424 (slightly less than a half
step flat) and jammed for a little today and it did sound nice... did
it sound noticeably better? I can't really say it did. Plus for me it
was hard to judge it objectively because I had just watched the video
and it put suggestions into my head that 424 was more in tune with
nature than 440.

Definitely interesting whether you buy into it or not.

Anyone else heard of this or tried it?

Mike
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