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Thank you. That is astounding. I wonder if there is any way to find music performed using original tunings. It sounds SO much better to me.

CarVac 11y ago
I know, it's amazing. Each example had my mouth agape. For me, the closest analogy would be watching Japanese movies and TV shows being able to understand their original language as opposed to relying on subtitles or dubs; there's a whole dimension of nuance I was missing before I learned the language.
- EarthLaunch 11y ago
  Yes. In return, while learning about this I found this great explanation: http://contentspiano.blogspot.com/2006/02/pythagorean-equal-meantone-and-well.html http://contentspiano.blogspot.com/2006/02/pythagorean-equal-...
baddox 11y ago
You can listen to barbershop music if you want to hear justly tuned chords. Just don't get too obsessed with it unless you want equal-tempered music (i.e. almost all recorded music) to sound just a bit wrong. YouTube videos are hard to come by, but I posted two examples in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10145785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10145785 And another clip I uploaded of using pitch-detecting software on a studio recording (notice it detects a lot more than 4 simultaneous notes, because it's "hearing" overtones): http://youtu.be/v7kHnEaGIfg http://youtu.be/v7kHnEaGIfg
Omnus 11y ago
Look for recordings using the terms "period instruments", "historically informed performance" (HIP), or "early music". There are several ensembles, both orchestral and choral, that perform music in a historically informed way. Check out one list here: http://musicmoz.org/Styles/Classical/Occidental/Periods/Early_Music/Bands_and_Artists/ http://musicmoz.org/Styles/Classical/Occidental/Periods/Earl...
- Bud 11y ago
  That list is a start, but it's over ten years old now and leaves out a lot of world-class groups. We're actually right in the middle of a golden age of early music performance. I sing professionally with several period instrument groups: American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium San Diego, and others. The first two groups I just listed are in the Bay Area, btw, so concerts are readily accessible to readers in Silicon Valley.

CarVac 11y ago

I know, it's amazing. Each example had my mouth agape. For me, the closest analogy would be watching Japanese movies and TV shows being able to understand their original language as opposed to relying on subtitles or dubs; there's a whole dimension of nuance I was missing before I learned the language.

EarthLaunch 11y ago
Yes. In return, while learning about this I found this great explanation: http://contentspiano.blogspot.com/2006/02/pythagorean-equal-meantone-and-well.html http://contentspiano.blogspot.com/2006/02/pythagorean-equal-...

baddox 11y ago

You can listen to barbershop music if you want to hear justly tuned chords. Just don't get too obsessed with it unless you want equal-tempered music (i.e. almost all recorded music) to sound just a bit wrong. YouTube videos are hard to come by, but I posted two examples in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10145785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10145785 And another clip I uploaded of using pitch-detecting software on a studio recording (notice it detects a lot more than 4 simultaneous notes, because it's "hearing" overtones): http://youtu.be/v7kHnEaGIfg http://youtu.be/v7kHnEaGIfg

Omnus 11y ago

Look for recordings using the terms "period instruments", "historically informed performance" (HIP), or "early music". There are several ensembles, both orchestral and choral, that perform music in a historically informed way. Check out one list here: http://musicmoz.org/Styles/Classical/Occidental/Periods/Early_Music/Bands_and_Artists/ http://musicmoz.org/Styles/Classical/Occidental/Periods/Earl...

Bud 11y ago
That list is a start, but it's over ten years old now and leaves out a lot of world-class groups. We're actually right in the middle of a golden age of early music performance. I sing professionally with several period instrument groups: American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium San Diego, and others. The first two groups I just listed are in the Bay Area, btw, so concerts are readily accessible to readers in Silicon Valley.