432hz Tuning and stone circles

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Howburn Digger H
Howburn Digger Dec 23, 2013 20:37:11
Replying to aaroneous g

I'm a strict 440 man myself.

Always have been and always will be.

There must be standards.

The closest I ever came to any dalliance with the likes of 432, 435 or 443 was when I used to sometimes drop my Telecaster into weird tunings but that was really just youthful folly and playful experimentation. I "got over it", learned to play properly and now when I look back on that period of my life I can put it down to an embarrassing adolescent phase, now best forgotten. A bit like something Morrissey would write a song about.

I understand there are always gonna be those who want to experiment but I say lets all stick to @440 or we'll all end up sounding like The Portsmouth Sinfonia... and not in in a good way.

T tiompan
tiompan Dec 23, 2013 21:20:55
Replying to Howburn Digger

There's really two different approaches to 432 Hz . One is simply tuning everything down 8 cents but still remaining in equal temperament so the realtionship between pitches is still the same as 440 just slightly lower , that is just a matter of taste and pretty inconvenient to others who are in 440 .
But if you have an instrument tuned to just intonation or pythagorean tuning it is possible to arrive at A being 432 Hz but with the relationship to other pitches changed . Not everyone's cup of tea but it can take the edge off some major thirds if you find them a bit "off in equal temperament . Doesn't apply to string players or singers who can sing what the feel is most appropriate as they are not forced into the tyranny of an equal tempered machine like a keyboard , or the enforced pitching of frets where bending of single notes is difficult within a chord .