All well until I read that 'pi is the most divine number in existence'...
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Mike Hoffmann<[email protected]> 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 >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
