RE: OT: was Driving me mad now Musical Pitch

["Mike Griffiths" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fantastic!

Mark don't you dare say this is off topic :0)

Mike



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From: Davey [mailto:DB1001@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 October 2004 11:14
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: was Driving me mad now Musical Pitch



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this isn't gonna help much but 440hz is Middle C concert pitch. Not
A above middle C.
</snip>


No it's not.

A is 440 Hz at concert pitch. This is defined as A4 or the A in the
forth
octave on a standard modern day concert piano - normally written as
A440.
There was an older international standard (A=435) so sounds a little
flat to
the modern piano tuner. Listen to a recording of say a French orchestra
in
the 40's and they can sound flat (lower) in pitch than a modern
orchestra.
A440 was defined as a standard in the mid 50's

A @ baroque pitch is 415 Hz - which is roughly a semi tone flat - on a
keyboard the G# (actually G is 415.3) is used widely today for "period
instrument" performance.

Here endeth the music lesson for today.

Davey
(orchestral player for the last 25 years)

----- Original Message -----
From: "darren_karp2001" <darren@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:08 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Driving me mad


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> this isn't gonna help much but 440hz is Middle C concert pitch. Not
> A above middle C.
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> Darren
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