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 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
