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With on-line music sessions now spanning the globe, and only a small minority of people able to achieve perfect absolute pitch, standard pitch is the lingua fr

With on-line music sessions now spanning the globe, and only a small minority of people able to achieve perfect absolute pitch, standard pitch is the lingua franca of internet music, and should be widely useful.

asdff 5y ago
What is standard pitch?
- YZF 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard) Most people that tune by ear tune relatively, e.g. they tune each string to another string. If there's no standard reference then it'll sound fine but you can't play with anyone else who is tuned to the standard... Though many people can tune to a reference pitch as well without using a tuner.
  - asdff 5y ago
    Oh yeah, my chromatic tuner is set to 440 hz. My guitar stays in pretty good tune to my ears at least but I would retune it with the tuner if playing with other instruments for sure or if it were to get out of tune (never seems to). When I change strings I do check my intonation too. Pretty easy to set on stratocasters. I think a lot of guitars especially are not set up well and intonation is probably off even if the open strings are in tune.
    - YZF 5y ago
      fun fact: it's impossible to get perfect intonation across the scale length on your standard fretboard guitar (like a Strat). The intonation adjustments (like checking the 12th fret) are a compromise. Of course, that's better than just having it wrong all over ;) A lot of people (myself included) just don't notice these small "errors" and sometimes it actually makes for a better sound...
      - analog31 5y ago
        Indeed, likewise on all wind instruments. Perfect tuning is a niche feature in music.