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Re: A = 440 Hz OR 432 Hz?



And what about singers
like David Bowie that misses notes by far and it just makes the music
come to live!
wow really? i dont think ive heard Bowie out of tune,hes a fav of mine
id be interested in hearing that!
cheers
Luis


















Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:41 PM, astralmnemonics@gmail.com
<astralmnemonics@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah I tend to prefer noise rock like Fugazi and Sonic Youth who improvise with feedback and dissonance, over songs that were written with a specific harmony/tuning being played in super neo tuning
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:27:27 am
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> From: "mark francombe" <mark@markfrancombe.com>
> Subject: Re: A = 440 Hz OR 432 Hz?
>
> Well thankfully I have never been afflicted by the said disease at all! If
> you played me a C and told me it was a F I'd believe you, well.. maybe not,
> but that would be because I would suspect you were up to something and look
> carefully into your eyes.
>
> If Ive done a gig and my G string is a bit out, Ill play on!! Much more
> important to rock, than to stop and say.. hang on... I think my G string is
> loose (might get a laugh tho).
>
> I think this is an interesting thread, and I actually love the sound of
> dissonance and note clusters and the subtleties of tuning for effect,
> But playing conventional music in weird micro tunings (like on the link
> posted earlier in this thread) just sounds HORRIBLE to my ears... I dont
> care if its related to the golden mean or the layout of the pyramids of
> Maya... or exact reproductions of harmonical relationships... The audience
> thinks your are our of tune dude!
>
> Ive been trying to think of a few references to recording that I think are
> interesting due to weird tunings, and I cant think of one, but there are a
> few related things.
>
> The tremolo bends on "Loveless" (My Blood Valentine of course.. my god they
> have reformed... cant wait for my ears to bleed again!!) I absolutely
> adore, one of the best albums ever.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8j1bUgwJ8&feature=related
> And I'm still a sucker for the grungy noize of World Domination Enterprise,
> where the guitarist tuned to a cassette tape of him playing a tuning that
> he couldnt get from a tuner, apparently he woke up one day to an out of
> tune guitar, didnt bother tuning it,
>