Timeline for What are the reasons for tuning instruments based on a frequency other than A440
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| Jul 1, 2015 at 15:35 | comment | added | Caleb Hines | @Tim That sounds like a good question to ask! See also: music.stackexchange.com/questions/10388/… | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 15:19 | comment | added | Tim | @CalebHines - does that mean, then, that playing a song in a higher key also makes it sound "brighter"? Maybe that's why key changes occur in songs? | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 23:27 | comment | added | Caleb Hines | Just for reference, the difference in cents is: 1200 * log2(441/440) = 3.93 cents. The exact limit of a "just noticeable difference" for pitches is somewhat nebulous and variable, but this seems to fall just beneath it, or perhaps at the limit (i.e. if you play two notes sequentially, one in each pitch, most people will probably be unable to tell a difference). You could probably hear a bit of buzz (from beat frequencies) if played simultaneously, and this is probably the reason for pitching it just slightly higher -- it makes the timbre sound "brighter", an effect that causes pitch inflation. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 21:39 | history | answered | Shevliaskovic | CC BY-SA 3.0 |