What is standard pitch or Concert pitch and why do we need it.
Standard pitch is a universal frequency or note that all instruments are set too.
A form of standard Pitch has been around ever since two individuals wished to play two instruments together or sing to an instrument. A tuning fork is normally used to set the pitch. However, in the passed pitch pipes have been used and to-day electronic tuning forks are also used, but the most common is the Tuning fork. He was the Sergeant trumpeter to the Court, also lutenist in the Chapel Royal. A scale is set in the middle, this scale also determines the pitch of all the twelve notes in the octave, and the most common used to day is equal temperament.