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I'll try to stick something like this in the article if nobody else does. And even pianos are not consistently tuned to A=440 - I read somewhere that in Eastern Europe in particular, they tend to be more like A=444. Well of course, when an orchestra is playing with a piano, they should tune to the piano (the same ought to be the case when fixed-pitch percussion like the glockenspiel or xylophone is used, but I know from experience that it isn't always). That's got to keep the pianist busy, then. In practice, as orchestras still tune to a note given out by the oboe, rather than to an electronic tuning device (which would be more reliable), and as the oboist himself may not have used such a device to tune in the first place, there is still some variance in the exact pitch used.
#ATC4 TURN OFF MUSIC ISO#
I've added some stuff about historical pitch standards now, but it's only half the story, and I'm not sure about some of the ISO related dates - it needs a certain amount of checking, and probably rewriting. It's quite an entertaining subject really. Before then there are stories about orchestras constantly pushing up their pitch in order to sound louder and brighter than their rivals, and singers complaining about it because they had to keep singing higher and higher. I want to write about how pitch standards have changed over time - the A above middle C was only fixed at 440Hz in 1920 or something. I guess my "yuck" comment in the edit summary was largly an expression of my thoughts on having to finally face up to this subject! I'll expand this quite a bit when I can get to my books. Ed Poor Hey, I'm just glad somebody finally started the article - I'd been meaning to do it for ages, but kept putting it off.
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34 History of pitch standards in Western music.29 Was confused, didn't know where to look, derived this myself out of desperation.28 Removal of image of frequencies and equal-tempered scale.16 Vibrating strings- do we need them here?.