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I think there's different components to pitch memory, including both relative and absolute pitch. (I suspect there's more than that, too - some people seem to
by nostrademons 4y ago
I think there's different components to pitch memory, including both relative and absolute pitch. (I suspect there's more than that, too - some people seem to just hear a chord as a single unit while others pick out the individual notes in it, some people have a very good ear for timbre.)
I don't have perfect pitch, but I actually seem to have anchored on A=443Hz. When my violin teacher insisted on 440Hz it would cause me discomfort the same way you describe, just feeling wrong. And I've found that when I try to tune an instrument from memory, I'm consistently sharp. (Assuming I'm not off by a whole-tone, because I don't have perfect pitch.)
- klipt 4y agoHave a look at this study about moving the "absolute" pitch anchor: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/perfect-pitch-may-not-be-absolute-after-all.html https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/perfect-p... Maybe you could apply their methodology to yourself to retrain your A to 440Hz?
- unc0n 4y agoWhen I played in a youth orchestra our music director told us that certain European orchestras use A=443Hz (he said ones in Vienna specifically but there might be others). Perhaps you have a history of listening to many recordings with such tuning.
- pclmulqdq 4y ago441+ is also very common in the US. Top-tier orchestras rarely use 440 at this point.
- bjoli 4y agoIt differs. 442 or 443 are the most common ones. My orchestra tunes 442. When I worked in Germany it was usually 442, but some orchestras tuned 443. Vienna Phil have historically gone even higher, but are probably down to standard levels by now.