432 Activists - 1 - Scientific Pitch, Giuseppe Verdi and Schiller Institute
Channel: 432 Activists
Date: 2018-02-03

In 1955 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopts A4 = 440 Hz. Since then this frequency is used as reference for all musical instruments, acoustic equipments and sound warnings. A growing community of musicians, scientists, and therapists advocating a new standard tuned at A4 = 432 Hz. This documentary brings together some of the world's top 432 Activists.

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"The scientific pitch, also known as philosophical pitch or Verdi tuning, is an absolute concert pitch standard which is based on middle C (C4) set to 256 Hz. Proposed in 1713 by French physicist Joseph Sauveur, promoted by Giuseppe Verdi in the 19th century, then advocated by the Schiller Institute beginning in 1988." - Wikipédia, Scientific Pitch. 

The correct way to approach tuning is to relate it to the physiology of the voice. The Scientific Pitch allow the trained voices 
of opera singers to shift registers at very specific frequencies.

"What happens if the tuning is arbitrarily raised from C = 256? The octaves divides in the wrong place and destroys  the geometry of the musical system, destroys the agreement between music and the laws of the universe, and finally destroys the human voice itself." - Jonathan Tennenbaum - The Foundations of Scientific Musical Tuning. Published on Schiller Institute website in 1992


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This video is part of 432 Activists documentary.
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