Last week, I presented the same music played in two different styles of tuning: 440Hz and 432Hz.
One thing to consider is that changing the tuning on a guitar is like raising or lowering the pressure on the tires of a bicycle. You can’t only change the amount of air in the bike tires, without affecting the way the bike handles, and the frame vibrates.
Similarly, “only” changing the tuning on the guitar also changes the way the wood and strings vibrate. It fundamentally changes the quality of the tone. So, it’s not apples to apples when deciding if you like one tuning vs the other.
Next week, I’ll present another set of music played in two different tuning systems, but this time I won’t play an acoustic instrument. I’ll use a synthesizer to generate the tones, thus it won’t be subject to the variations that come from how the instrument vibrates. It will just be generated tones that are slightly higher, or lower.
Stay tuned…
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