On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 11:59:38AM -0400, jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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 :-)
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
_______________________________________________
Linux-audio-user mailing list
Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
