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- From: fingerhu@ircam.fr (Michel Fingerhut)
- Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
- Subject: Re: Fundamental Frequencies of Musical Notes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.191446.145@ircam.fr>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 19:14:46 GMT
- References: <1i50piINNl3s@golem.wcc.govt.nz> <8515@charon.cwi.nl> <1i86uvINNkrc@calvin.usc.edu>
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- dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes:
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- >The frequency of A' at 440 is currently indeed standard, but for older music
- >you would like to have a lower pitch.
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- alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves) corrects:
- >It is a myth that absolute pitch has been getting gradually higher since the
- >baroque. [...] At least in the baroque pitch references were local at best,
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- ... as is obvious from the various organs still in existence from those
- periods. I don't have my Helmholtz' right here but from recollection some
- As were as high as 535 Hz (against 440 today).
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