25 Jun
2016
25 Jun
'16
6:32 p.m.
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 11:59:38AM -0400, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote:
One proponent of 432Hz was Verdi who wanted to stop
the trend for
orchestras to always tune themselves higher. Looks like higher gets
more attention. It's understandable, seeing such a trend of tuning
always higher, that some musicians wanted to stop this, because they
felt that this is not what music is about, eg. to try to grab more
attention in such a way.
19th century loudness wars...
With 432Hz, all other note frequencies of our scales
are whole numbers
whereas with 440 they are fractional (apart from A 440).
Hence, 432 attracts many people promoting 'health energy' and related
concerns.
Even if the whole numbers argument can't be true, at least not with
equal temperament (since 2^{1/12} is not a rational number).
Voir google: "Accord du LA à 432 Hz" in
Énergie-Santé, right beside
"miel de cerisier".
Amusing BS :-)
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