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- From: tony@microware.co.uk (Tony Mountifield)
- Newsgroups: comp.speech
- Subject: Re: Fundamental Frequencies of the Musical Notes
- Message-ID: <1310@mwuk.UUCP>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 10:26:03 GMT
- References: <1993Jan1.105401.46023@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <TED.93Jan1134723@lole.nmsu.edu> <TED.93Jan1173824@lole.nmsu.edu>
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- In article <TED.93Jan1173824@lole.nmsu.edu> ted@nmsu.edu writes:
- >
- > > Could you tell me, is there agreement on the absoulute frequencies?
- >
- > 440 A and 256 C define slightly different scales that are used in
- > slightly different situations. i think that most pianos are usually tuned
- > with 256 = C, while orchestras (in my limited experience) invariably
- > use 440 = A
-
- You will find that (nowadays, at least) pianos are tuned to A = 440 too,
- which is known as Concert Pitch. Otherwise, how would a Piano Concerto
- be performed?
-
- Tony.
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