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every musician ever: A440 PROVEN BY THE BRIDGE

• pmiller2 6y ago
  A440 is not as universal as you’d think. Tunings as low as A435 and as high as A466 are in use even today. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard)
  • mh- 6y ago
    yeah, where's their bridges?
  • Bud 6y ago
    "As low as A=435"? The reality is much stranger! Baroque groups such as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and American Bach Soloists, and many others, routinely perform at A=415, which is the standard accepted "Baroque" pitch these days. Earlier music is sometimes performed down around A=390.
• siraben 6y ago
  In tuning systems what one really cares about is the ratio between pitches, not the frequency of a specific note. You could have A=440 and tune to just intonation and that would sound different from A=440 and 12 tone equal-temperament.
  • peterkos 6y ago
    Oh of course! I've just heard the a440 debate more than the tuning debate.