Testing 432 Hz Frequencies (and temperaments)

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sounds like the piano is holding in a monster shit

The "played through bad frequencies'" clip made me smile every single time.

I really like the sound of Pythagorean tuning, and I wish it wasn't polluted by the bizarre "wrong frequency" crowd. A lot of beautiful music has been made with it.

Cool. Next time someone says to me "OMFG you're a horrible singer," I will reply that I'm using the 432 Chakra Earth Vibration scales.

I tuned my guitar to 432 and after playing for 5 minutes I cured cancer and became one with the universe. I'm now transcending multiple dimensions simultaneously.

At 11:20 I feel like switching between 12-tone and pythagorean and back into 12-tone could make some incredible smooth jazz, it feels like the notes get looser and laid back when it switches to pythagporean

Thank you so much. Years ago, I went on this same quest but just didn't have the ability nor the resources to answer the riddle of the Pythagorean comma , eventually decided to keep on composing music in 440 and with equal temperament. So, I found your video more than fascinating. Count me in as a new subscriber to your channel. Keep up the good work.

my chakras don't work anymore, you ruined them

No wonder humanity is so screwed, our chakras sound like trash

if a jazz musician says something is out of place or weird, you better believe it.

Your communication skills, musical knowledge and technical facility on your instruments are always a joy to behold. In this particular video, I’m just as impressed with your flawless and highly effective video editing skills. Wonderful content!

Yeah man I'm not playing out of tune I'm just playing at the same frequencies as my chakras bro

the chakra tuning hurt my soul, which i don’t think is the feeling that aligning my chakras should render

So, my bass guitars are all tuned down to 432 on a small digital guitar tuner. The intervals are fine, everything is just slightly warmer. It sounds almost like tuning down a half step, or E-flat tuning. One of my old guitar players used to tune down similarly and when I brought one of my basses over to jam one night, I forgot to retune it back up to 440. We hooked up and found out that it was actually "close enough for rock and roll." Amazingly, it matched up pretty well and it was a little easier to sing to. I was originally a singer for the band we were in so many years ago and I remember thinking it was easier to hit the notes. Additionally, it added a darkness and melancholy to the grungy, dirty music we were playing. Since I had to figure out harmonies, and we were playing covers by bands that detune similarly themselves, it helped us get a dirtier sound. AIC used a lot of flat harmonies anyway, so did Soundgarden and Billy Corgan messed with his tuning as well. It even worked well for Jane's Addiction songs. Many popular bands get their distinct sounds from alternative tuning and when you tune down 8 hz it's sonicly like tuning down what we call a "half step" or tuning the guitar to E flat. Tony Iommi and Frank Zappa did a lot of this type of thing and the Seattle bands got it from their lesser known punk contemporaries like the Melvins and the Dwarves.

I tried listening to a few harsh metal songs I like in 432hz and I swear it lost all of its BITE! Some songs did sound clearer, with less distortion maybe, (which worked better with more melodic songs,) but it's that abrasive feeling I get when listening to metal that I love, when I need to channel my anger. This is going just by the vids on youtube claiming to be songs converted to 432hz. Some pop songs do sound easier to listen to at 432, smoother, not as sluggish as the original. But 432hz is definitely not for all music. Either way, it would be awesome to see more musicians step out of these established comfort zones and play around with tuning and weird combinations.

Mom can I have 'A' Mom: No, we have A at home A at home: 432 Hz

The factor 9 grid sounds to me like my grandmas piano that hasn’t been tuned in about 15 years

I agree with this video. Equal temperament is by far and away the most practical tuning for an instrument that is played in different keys. I do wonder, however, if a just intonation could be made to work with modern electronic instruments if the tuning dynamically adapted, while being performed, to modal changes in the music? It might be instructive to analyze the frequencies of an very good acapella group as they sing tight harmonies. Once you have an untempered instrument, like the human voice, you can make any frequency you like, particularly if you are not trying to match a tempered instrument. Do acapella groups tend towards just intonation or something else? How do they respond, intonation-wise, to modal shifts? Accomplished acapella singers all seem to share the trait of being able to listen very closely to other members of the group. The sound of acapella groups is, at least to my ear, quite different to listening to music produced with well tempered instruments. They also seem to manage modal shifts without sounding horrible.

What a great video on tuning systems!