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You can transpose any song to any key of course but there is a ground reality that is middle C is at 260 Hz. The whole band can be out-of-tune, but in tune betw
by drexlspivey 3y ago
You can transpose any song to any key of course but there is a ground reality that is middle C is at 260 Hz. The whole band can be out-of-tune, but in tune between themselves.
- tremon 3y agoThis isn't universally true. Different tunings have been used in different time periods and locations. The modern standard pitch A440 (A4 at 440Hz) was only defined in 1926. Before that, the "standard" pitch has been as low as 415Hz (baroque pitch) or as high as 465Hz (Chorton pitch). From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch : > For example, a 1740 tuning fork associated with Handel is pitched at A = 422.5 Hz, while a specimen from 1780 is pitched at A = 409 Hz, about a quarter-tone lower. A tuning fork that belonged to Ludwig van Beethoven around 1800, now in the British Library, is pitched at A = 455.4 Hz, well over a half-tone higher. Besides the chosen pitch, only in an equal-temperament tuning can a piece of music be transposed to a different key and sound identical. Under different tunings, the ratio between subsequent notes is not always constant so transposing a piece of music to a different key will produce slightly different harmonic intervals.
- lylejantzi3rd 2y agoAnd, sometimes, out of tune can sound better. Why John Frusciante is Out Of Tune (Scar Tissue): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daw93bRHe4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daw93bRHe4Y
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- MrMember 2y agoWhen I was learning Green Day's "Longview" on bass I thought it was hilarious that if I wanted to play it album accurate I would have to play "out of tune." When they recorded the album they didn't have an electric tuner and just tuned to each other.