This article is kind of ridiculous. It claims that 432 Hz is more natural based on... what? Vague references to the golden ratio? Without backing up that claim I don't believe it, and I certainly can't hear a difference in that one tuning sounds "more natural" or better than another. Different orchestras still use tunings other than 440 Hz, and although it sounds slightly different, none of them feel different like one seems like it's "in tune with the Earth" or something.
To me all music is relative to the pitch you start from. That could be an A of 440, or 450, or 432, or whatever. You could even transpose the song to an entirely different key and it would still have the same overall feel.
If you really want to go down a rabbit hole of musical tuning issues, look into how tunings for each note were standardized based on a 12-tone even-tempered scale rather than the true harmonic resonances of each individual key. No chord played on a guitar, piano, etc. will ever have "perfect fifths" or other intervals because each note is slightly detuned to allow the instrument to play in all 12 keys without any "bad intervals". That's why vocal harmonies can sound more resonant and "perfect" than these instruments-- because voices can easily hit those perfect intervals while modern instruments with frets or keys never can.
A lot of what this article is referencing (in my opinion) is based off the fact that the human brain emits brainwaves at 432hz, and when music is played at that same frequency, it is more pleasing to the listener. It also kind of plays into chakras as well as other eastern philosophies.
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CultureOfCritique ago
This article is kind of ridiculous. It claims that 432 Hz is more natural based on... what? Vague references to the golden ratio? Without backing up that claim I don't believe it, and I certainly can't hear a difference in that one tuning sounds "more natural" or better than another. Different orchestras still use tunings other than 440 Hz, and although it sounds slightly different, none of them feel different like one seems like it's "in tune with the Earth" or something.
To me all music is relative to the pitch you start from. That could be an A of 440, or 450, or 432, or whatever. You could even transpose the song to an entirely different key and it would still have the same overall feel.
If you really want to go down a rabbit hole of musical tuning issues, look into how tunings for each note were standardized based on a 12-tone even-tempered scale rather than the true harmonic resonances of each individual key. No chord played on a guitar, piano, etc. will ever have "perfect fifths" or other intervals because each note is slightly detuned to allow the instrument to play in all 12 keys without any "bad intervals". That's why vocal harmonies can sound more resonant and "perfect" than these instruments-- because voices can easily hit those perfect intervals while modern instruments with frets or keys never can.
CantBuySkills ago
A lot of what this article is referencing (in my opinion) is based off the fact that the human brain emits brainwaves at 432hz, and when music is played at that same frequency, it is more pleasing to the listener. It also kind of plays into chakras as well as other eastern philosophies.