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445? Ouch! tune to the soloist no matter what Not necessarily. Some soloists (particularly violinists) deliberately tune slightly sharper than the orchestra
by cperciva 12y ago
445? Ouch!
tune to the soloist no matter what
Not necessarily. Some soloists (particularly violinists) deliberately tune slightly sharper than the orchestra they're playing with, because the difference in tone allows them to cut through more easily.
- haberman 12y agoYou may be aware that baroque instruments tune to A=415 -- even worse! :) But it's a half-step lower than A=440 so maybe it wouldn't sound wrong to you. Also, apparently pitch used to vary quite a lot during the baroque period. I've even heard claims of pitch varying by as much as a minor third, though that seems rather extreme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_informed_performance#Tuning_and_pitch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_informed_performan...
- gtani 12y agothis one was tuned down a whole step, Bb-F-C-B but they DMCA's his yotube vid: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalcdreviews/9602631/Pieter-Wispelwey-Bach-Six-Cello-Suites-Classical-Music-CD-review.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalcdreviews/...