That's so weird, I always felt like your two channels have this thing in common, the relaxed "let's discuss music deeply" feel to it, so it's great seeing that you know each other, I hope you collaborate with him, you're both amazing musicians!
HELP I accidentally tuned my guitar to 666hz and after couple chords satan came to my room and want my kidney??? what to do now?? try different tuning??
I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint and pretty close to the sadja tone you mentioned.. the reference tuning tone in the hindostani classical music system equivalent to a C# in this temperament.. om chanting tone sound!
I didn't believe in this either until I started weeping tears of unbounded joy when my friend tuned the keyboard in 432hertz during a violent but wonderful mushroom trip :s
I've always tuned my guitars at 432hz just because I was inspired to start playing by Dimebag and that's what he used so I did the same and stuck with it
same here. also makes me wonder how many great artists recorded in 432 but were tuned up by the industry. it was night and day for me. ive struggled singing for years until recently doing this
Definitely the best examination of this subject I have so far seen. Having pitch shifted a few of my favourite songs down to A=432Hz a while ago, to see how they sound compared with the original tuning, I must admit I do prefer some of them at the altered frequencies. However, this is because the slightly lower pitch can make the music sound less harsh on the ear and have a nicer tonality. Or, as you mentioned, perhaps there is just a placebo effect.
I would recomended to you to seek what your ear feel the most pleasant! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
I'd say it sounds a little darker of a tone. For example, horror movies should definitely use 432 hz tuning because it sounds to me like a natural minor
Unfortunately...lying about the test conditions mean this experiment is null and void. This wasn't even an experiment. Nothing was proven.. nothing was disproven.
i agree. The higher tuning is more harsh for the ears. In a way that will tell us that the lower is more healing ^^ because of the straining on the ears with the higher. When we get old some of us looses the highest frequencies.
I liked the lower tunings for that reason...seems like back in the day nobody tuned to exactly 440 and you had more variation. The lower tunings were sweeter.
One of the best tests is to take a tone generator and listen to A at 440 vs 432. The A tone at 432 sounds softer and a bit wider. The A at 440 sounds tighter and harsher. Don't base it on spiritual stuff, base it on what the sound physically feels and sounds like
I think that may be just your ears. Other than a difference in frequency, my brain does not associate those descriptive characteristics. But then I was an electronic keyboard repair tech for 38 years and listened to zillions of tones.
Gregor Limbach lol i was just about to say the same thing! Adam's given shout-outs to SamuraiGuitarist before, so I'm sure this is just great munds thinking alike lol
This is proof that there is a conspiracy at work trying to keep 432hz down so we can't get in touch with our higher (err lower?) vibrational selves! ;)
I thought the "440" tuning sounded better for some of those compositions, and the "432" tuning sounded better for others. It just goes to show that there is very clearly no correct way to play music.
I tend to tune a half-step down most of the time, just because I like the string tension better and, as you mentioned, that’s where many of my favorite bands tune to. But there’s really no other reason than that. But I was thinking something sounded a little off during your demo. I had to laugh when you came clean at the end. Great video dude!
drums are pretty much tuned by hz. i use hi-tom 127Hz md-tom 113hz and floor-tom 76Hz. it depends what wood their are and layers and size ect ect duh. they sound bad in down tune. Duh. okay maybe thats sarcasm but i wanted to share a little fact :)
You make it sound like standard procedure for drummers to tune their instrument by Hz, but it's really not. Even roughly tuning by notes is somewhat uncommon. Most people just tune to a pitch where the combination of shell and head sounds good and harmonizes with the rest of the kit.
Thing is it's not standard procedure, but I personally like accuracy when I tune my drums. If I'm in a pinch though, I have quick-tuning methods that get my drums sounding good quickly without a lot of fuss. All it takes is knowing how the science of a drum-head works.
Try going outside on a nice spring day and tune your guitar to the birds singing. I've done this about three or four times and always end up in the same range of frequencies. It has never come out in the range that would sync up with 440 but always falls in alignment, or in tune with 432. I've also done this with recorded whale sounds with the same result. I'm not totally sure what this means, but it's interesting.
Yes. Sounds of Nature herself! God definitely made the world the way it is. It's actually kind of scary the way certain types (both musician and non) get completely trigged and hostile at the idea of tuning to A-432 Scientifc Tuning. Yet tthey even use C-256 and A-432 tuning forks a the doctors office to test nerve responses and such. Again, God made things the way they are. The fact that there is such a dogmatic resistance to this is almost . . . Evil.
I've had some people resist simply because they don't want the hassle of having to deal with changing the tuning they use to create music. They call it nonsense so they don't have to deal with it. It is a hassle if you're working with other musicians, so that's understandable, but to actually get angry about it? What's that all about?
@@keyboardtekThat's funny, lol. I could think of several sarcastic responses, but will restrain myself. What you are trying to do is to get one string to harmonize with the dominant bird song. This might be difficult if you don't have a good ear, but anyone who is an experienced musician will likely understand. If you start with your guitar in 440 you will likely end up close to either 432 or 444, depending on if you tune up or down. What I did, in all three attempts, was detune flat, well below 440, and then tuned up one string until I felt it to be in harmony with the bird song. Each time it was in sink with 432 inside a 12 frequency range. For example, one time it came out at 420 which is in harmony with 432 and 444. You could end up at 412 or 456 or any variant of 12, but if you have the same results they will fall within those ranges. I never ended on any variant of 440. Hope that makes it clearer.
It´s called comfort zone and it has to do with the fact that we are used to some conceptions that it occurs that could it be missconceptions.. like what we hear and how we hear it! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
they do sound warmer. tuning lower usually does. but it only sounds warmer because you also heard the 440 version. 420 would sound warmer than 432, etc.
Sounds warmer/better because our ears are used to hearing music in 440hz. any deviation from 440hz (higher or lower) will sound interesting... and sometimes better
Actually, you're not just hearing things. Longer (slower) wave lengths are less stressful and more relaxing to the body and brain. I personally felt that the lower tunings we're warmer and more soothing.
I always felt that tuning down slightly from 440 gives the music a warmer tone. I almost never tune my guitar at 440 unless I want to learn a song that was recorded at 440.
not trying to hop on the 'conspiracies' but to me.. going from 440 to 432 feels natural, but going from 432 to 440 sounds weird and off.. looks like 432 it is.
so I ran the numbers and tested myself. I gravitate towards 426 picking it both times.. thanks I guess it comes from me typically tuning down my acoustic steel string so I can bend it more easily and my interest in nice bass in guitar when I look for one. Lower frequency means the strings are not as taut and therefore cooler for my purposes. Great video!
The rock/metal song sounded better in the lower tuning. But that's nothing new really. Good stuff though, I like that you provided multiple examples across varying genres instead of just one like in other videos on the subject that I've seen today.
I actually felt that the examples given were not all 440 vs 432hz because the feel was not consistent between the different examples and I thought to myself, this guy can't possibly be tricking his loyal viewers like this but yes, yes you did. Subscribed!
Dude, I love that twist you threw on the end. Placebo or not, some of the original ‘432’ songs did not actually resonate with me and I was like, ‘wtf, this is a crock.’
If anyone's interested in this subject, or alternate tunings, I would suggest researching scientific tuning and the reasoning behind it. Also, regardless of tunings, there is a problem with experiments of this precise type that seem to be flooding TH-cam. The problem is that the human ears adapt too readily to alternate tunings and which ever song is played next will either sound sharp or flat as a result of the expected measure. To truly test any merit to the 432 hz tuning, you would have to look at things completely differently. Sound amplification, wave visualizations, and how an instrument holds up to the strains of the different Hertz throughout time are just a few things to consider. Perceptions are subject to Placebo effects, as you mentioned. It's no wonder why you came into this experiment and left with the same biase, given the method of experimentation. I don't prescribe to any specific tuning, nor suggest that someone get stuck in one, but I hate the scienceless biases that everyone seems satisfied with. It's as one sided as someone offering nothing on why it's better and saying everyone should switch...which I've seen plenty of that as well. Bah, this world
It´s called comfort zone and it has to do with the fact that we are used to some conceptions that it occurs that could it be missconceptions.. like what we hear and how we hear it! I would suggest 430 with a slidely turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint! there's also a theory which may has to be what you reffers.. it's called Scientific Pitch Tuning or Phytagorean-Phitagoric Tuning it can differ but not much.. they're pretty all the same base with differents apreciations.. approaches and aproximations to give pretty close results too!
Also to make an experiment of this kind legit.. he would have to actually play half of them in 432 and the other half in 440. Forcing people to choose between two categories.. while lying about the categories.. makes this experiment nonsense.. people were forced to choose between two...when in reality there were many different choices. This experiment was nonsensical and didn't prove nor disprove anything.
For me, all I'm noticing is that 432 sounds more exactly on key, while 440 is sort of between keys a little bit. There was something I always liked about songs being slightly out of tune, maybe a kind of other-worldliness.
Hi! I tried 432 hz out on my acoustic guitar last year. I didn't notice much difference at first. But after a while I did. It seemed as though it took some time for my guitar to adjust. The result was my best year of songwriting ever; by a long shot, and with the same habits. Maybe it was coincidence, but it didn't feel that way. I play in 440 now so that I'm in tune with the norm, but if I ever finish up my songs from last year I'll go back to 432 for more.
I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
I tuned my guitar completely by ear with no reference point. The result? I had tuned my guitar to exactly 430 and some strings slightly up or down for more intonation within the instrument.
i think when we hear 432 it’s like we’re used to 440 so much it just sounds refreshing to hear it a little bit lower. none of that healing magic bullshit
I still liked whatever was lower in pitch. I don't know why but my ears have always enjoyed the sound of songs in lower tuning than in standard. You're right though about singing. I find myself straining way less in lower tunings and I feel like I can write a better melody if it's in a lower tuning. 🤙 great video and keep up the great work!
That´s cuz your ear is sayin' to you where it´s a better point where sound and music it just feel right! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
Best ever video on 432 vs 440. Best ever musical examples on 440 vs 432. And yeah, I liked all of the examples because the instruments were in tune with each other.
I don't think 440 or 432 sound better or worse than the other, but there's definitely a color difference. Gives me an idea to write in A@432, because I've only ever wrote music at A@440
Trying to bust a myth using a lie is like knowing the devil lives in the path of the moon. None the less, great job playing, recording, mixing, editing and displaying this piece of entertainment. Good luck going forward.
Don't know bout everyone else, but I certainly heard that the frequencies changed drastically per song. Not better or worse, just obvious to my ear. Having said, that loved the clip! And what an impressive collection of instruments you have. Will subscribe
Jokes aside the certain frequency of synchronicity as in 432hz and many similar frequencies the vibration you feel in your being from these frequency matches with your chakras of your being are allways going to be feeling happier and free the test was not done right in this video and I'm positive everyone who watched it will agree that the mentioned tunings before of reveal of the mistake made still you felt happier every time you heard 432hz LOVE AND LIGHT 🙌🏻❤
Hey man! Just wanted to say, I really enjoy your videos. Ive been playing guitar for 20 years, but seems like Ive hit a plateau of sorts. When I discovered your channel, its content began to rejuvinate my urge to learn in some way. Thank you so much sir! Hope your having a great weekend.
I definitely could tell that dropping hz saund better. Recently I listen to classical music. It's passed over 2 months but overall I feel more inspired and energized to do daily tasks. Not to mention that I got more and more moments to feel "in the moment", which is a blessing these days.
Not to mention that if you are moving, you will experience variations in pitch due to the Doppler effect and even if you could account for those, you also have variations in movement which alters how you experience time itself as per the theory of relativity. Then, I also heard an episode of Science Friday on NPR that featured a talk about "leap seconds" and how they would add or even subtract seconds to the correct official time. The fact of the matter is that just playing an instrument, your instruments will go out of tune periodically and no one will notice. Just enjoy the music.
I agree. It's just BS. I do just like tuning lower. If someone plays at A415hz I feel EVEN MORE drawn to that. There isn't anything special about 415, or 410, 432, or 442, or 440. People try to prove why something is "good" when all they need to say is "I like it because I just like it." 15 or so years ago people were freaking out because orchestras were starting to tune to 442. It's all kinda dumb to me and a way to avoid taking responsibility for your own music and your own opinions.
It´s called comfort zone and it has to do with the fact that we are used to some conceptions that it occurs that could it be missconceptions.. like what we hear and how we hear it! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
yummyjackalmeat its making others difficult for others to imitate yourcomposition. if theresva note in between mi and fa ti and do ill use it and people whovaccidentally like my musicwill be in a quandary on how to play it. just wait til I can invent a microphone that can make my voice into blended four voices automatically
Pay attention to how you FEEL. Your ears are adjusted to 440hz so it will take some time for 432 to sound 'right'. But you should certainly feel calmer. 432hz is the frequency that creates the most significant symmetry and patterns in water and particles. Beethoven and indeed ALL music until the 1940/50s was tuned to 432hz. It was changed by governments and media institutions to do with orchestras, as 432 appears to fill the room, rather than being localised. After using a 432hz converter for a while, 440 will not only be the one to sound strange, but will make you feel more irritable. This is widely observed
Thank god people are starting to cover this topic. A few months ago I had to dig to find someone being honest about this "Philosopher's tuning". It all comes down to personal taste, vocal strain (as you mentioned), and the fact that we respond to reference points in music such as intervals or side by side tuning comparisons. On that note I love that you lied about the real tunings! I had no idea the first was above 440! Most people are not able to tell either so this deception really proved your point!
Jeff Stack I'm not sure if you make any sense at all. It's fact that most people love sugar and sugary things... But it's DEFINITELY NOT GOOD FOR OUR BODIES!!! Capiche? Do some brainiac work if you're gonna try to sound "brainy". Please, for the love of GOD!!! RESEARCH BEFORE OPINING ON ANYTHING!!!
432 made me happier for some reason... I remember a co worker saying once that it was the same frequency that resonates with water or something like that? And the water in our bodies is what makes that the special frequency. I might tune to 432 on my acoustic from now on
haha, i heard the different tunings and thought "WTF?" this doesn't sound right. especially the second one stood out really clearly because of the bass sound. thanks for this great video!
K0r0n1s i asked that now top before i read you're comment. I don't think so either. But I can't blame hin if he didn't because that takes a lot of time.
I thought the second sounded better, and warmer in all but the last example, which sounded almost identical. In each case I thought they sounded nice, but then warmer and richer in the second tuning. At least now I know what that 440 number is on my tuner! Thank you, Sensei.
I was not completely sure about this A = 432Hz thing, so I just tuned half of my strings to 440Hz and the other half to 432Hz. Now my music is resonating with the universe AND my neighbours in whole new ways!
This is only one version of the story and its the most reduc one. There is another much more compelling and provable. Ultimately you need to hear the comparison between 440 and 432 while tripping balls.
i tuned vocal chords to 432 and now i can sing like a canary i tuned my mind to 432 and now i have telekinetic abilities i tuned my body to 432 and now im a demigod
I like 432, just vibes nicely to my taste. For me it was definitely like what samurai said as far as perking up your ear to something new. I played 440 for over twenty years and switching to 432 was like a breath of fresh air, but so are alternate tunings
I feel like all these videos miss the point. It's not just downtuning by 8 Hz. It's that the ratios between frequencies are closer to whole number ratios. So it's really that the intervals between notes are closer to harmonious ratios described by Pythagoras. (eg A:D :: 432:288 is 1.5 (3:2) (432 tuning) whereas A:D :: 440:293.66 is 1.49833 (440 tuning)). So it's that these pythagorean ratios are thought to be harmonious and 432 tuning, when done correctly is closer to the whole number ratios for harmony that were described by Pythagoras (although he is credited with some of these ideas that actually originated in Mesopotamia.
If you tune down from A=440 to A=432 without *adjusting the temperament*, you will never be any closer to any kind of good "harmonious ratios": The A major scale in A=432 will have the notes B=494.90 Hz, C#=544.87 Hz, D=576.61 Hz, E=647.27 Hz, F#=726.54 Hz and G#=815.51 Hz, since every note is some multiple of the square root of 12. Pythagorean tuning is not actually "harmonious" or well tuned either, since it creates really awkward intervals and ratios around pitch relationships. The 12-tone equal temperament achieves a reasonably OK approximation of a major triad with ratios of 4:5:6, but in Pythagorean tuning that same chord will be tuned to the ratios 64:81:192. I don't know about you, but the Pythagorean one doesn't look like very good ratios.
this is advanced. sometimes I record my guitar and bass parts few semitone or even one note higher. then shift the pitch down to normal in the mixing to get more full sound, but this is an irrelevant topic I guess
I love this video! I wonder how many MoFo's had to backpedal once you said I lied. That was the best video on the subject ever! great job calling out the 8Hz junkies. I think many different tunings sounds great all depending on the music. As long as all your other notes are in tune with one another it will sound smooth and good to the ear. doesn't matter if you've tuned down 1/2 step or 2 steps or up the same. As long as all notes are tuned to sync your golden.
Well one thing I know for sure - instruments tuned to 432 are in fact, in tune with nature sounds (animals etc). I once made myself a bugarian kaval (flute) tuned to 432 and I can play along with singing birds. And well, they even respond sometimes, when I try to mimic them. So yeah.
During the course of any piece of music, we are not constantly playing an open A, so rarely does it's frequency "stand alone" anyhow. Instead, we are not only playing open A's, but also doing sharps and flats, chords, doing bends, harmonics and whatnot. So the 432 AND the 440 hz both fade into insignificance. What's more important, is the relation between the notes played, the rhythm, phrasing, repetition and variations. Just like our eyes and our sense of touch, we are always comparing levels of sensory input, drawing conclusions based on these comparisons. (Check out the cold water vs hot water hand trick, and optical illusions, which show we have no internal "absolute", but rather are constantly making comparisons as the basis of judgement of reality) So whether A is tuned to 432 or not has no bearing on our perception of music, and therefore most probably no bearing on how that music affects us.
Tune how you like. As long as everyone else you play with does too. I played at a church where the worship pastor said it was healing people. It wasn't. We left that church and couldn't be happier. Magic frequencies are all bs. Jesus alone saves
Sorry guys, it was a fluke not a conspiracy
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(Check out Adam's video here th-cam.com/video/EKTZ151yLnk/w-d-xo.html)
So no plans for a crossover then?
samuraiguitarist do a vídeo together of "how to start composing music. Do I need to use theory?"
I thought that there's a universal conjunction between you and Adam!!! ahahaha btw, it's great to have different opinions on the same subject
That's so weird, I always felt like your two channels have this thing in common, the relaxed "let's discuss music deeply" feel to it, so it's great seeing that you know each other, I hope you collaborate with him, you're both amazing musicians!
When two people are independently in sync with each other, does it produce a natural harmonic?
HELP I accidentally tuned my guitar to 666hz and after couple chords satan came to my room and want my kidney??? what to do now?? try different tuning??
Jan Szedlak tune your guitar to 777hz and God will save you.
Instead pledge your eternal soul and forever praise our true dark lord Lucifer, for infinite power forever. Or something like that
Jan Szedlak Change to 420 and he'll chill out...
I tune my guitar to 420 Hz and now i can only play Reggae and Grateful dead tunes?
Jan Szedlak invite him to marshmallows grill party and give him plenty of women'milk with honey. ...
everyone knows the chillest tuning is 420Hz
That's the tuning Hitler used for sure
Baroque tuning?
@@ExpiredPork no hitler used 666
Basically e flat
Bach: laughs in 415Hz
Tune to 136.1 Hz. That's Om, you'll resonate with the universe!
I feel way more connected to 60hz. I'm surrounded by electronics.
I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint and pretty close to the sadja tone you mentioned.. the reference tuning tone in the hindostani classical music system equivalent to a C# in this temperament.. om chanting tone sound!
The pic is Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart. I also comment on other guitar channels like Norman's, Anderton, Chapman, Marty, Justin etc.
@@yummyjackalmeat dude if I remember correctly thats the frequency of hum a single coil produces
So no tuning required
@@yummyjackalmeat I'm European, here the electricity frequency is 50 Hz.
I didn't believe in this either until I started weeping tears of unbounded joy when my friend tuned the keyboard in 432hertz during a violent but wonderful mushroom trip :s
Something tells me that was just the mushrooms
Mushroom synchronicity... mmmmmmm
The mushrooms like 432hz
I've always tuned my guitars at 432hz just because I was inspired to start playing by Dimebag and that's what he used so I did the same and stuck with it
GnarMan 135 he uses 425hz, quarter step down
but down tuning is not persee 432HZ or 415HZ
Been playing at 440 for decades and always struggled with singing... until i sent 432 and much easier. big difference for me myself and I.
same here. also makes me wonder how many great artists recorded in 432 but were tuned up by the industry. it was night and day for me. ive struggled singing for years until recently doing this
432 blaze it
Deadfire Grasp thats not how this works
Deadfire Grasp oaa? Jarrod ?
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Definitely the best examination of this subject I have so far seen. Having pitch shifted a few of my favourite songs down to A=432Hz a while ago, to see how they sound compared with the original tuning, I must admit I do prefer some of them at the altered frequencies. However, this is because the slightly lower pitch can make the music sound less harsh on the ear and have a nicer tonality. Or, as you mentioned, perhaps there is just a placebo effect.
I would recomended to you to seek what your ear feel the most pleasant! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
I'd say it sounds a little darker of a tone.
For example, horror movies should definitely use 432 hz tuning because it sounds to me like a natural minor
Unfortunately...lying about the test conditions mean this experiment is null and void. This wasn't even an experiment. Nothing was proven.. nothing was disproven.
i agree. The higher tuning is more harsh for the ears. In a way that will tell us that the lower is more healing ^^ because of the straining on the ears with the higher. When we get old some of us looses the highest frequencies.
I'm so used to tuning to 440, that the 432 sounded out of tune and horible.
Then again, 448 sounded super perky and chirpy.
On the first one the 440 sounded out of tune to me because of the 448 before it
I liked the lower tunings for that reason...seems like back in the day nobody tuned to exactly 440 and you had more variation.
The lower tunings were sweeter.
It did to me for about a min, but then I really warmed to it.
Wash your ears or ask for brain transplant.
When your v neck locks like a u neck you know it’s half washed
Not bad kid
When your Flying V is looking like a walking U you know it’s half washed
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Looks like he needs some Woolite... or wait was it downy🤔 lol 😂
hey lying samurai guitarists dont have time to shop or order t shirts from amazon !
Love how different the purpose of your videos are most of the time, it's what makes it unique and appealing to me.
One of the best tests is to take a tone generator and listen to A at 440 vs 432. The A tone at 432 sounds softer and a bit wider. The A at 440 sounds tighter and harsher. Don't base it on spiritual stuff, base it on what the sound physically feels and sounds like
I think that may be just your ears. Other than a difference in frequency, my brain does not associate those descriptive characteristics. But then I was an electronic keyboard repair tech for 38 years and listened to zillions of tones.
Interesting that you mention a wider frequency with 432hz. Probably why I struggle with my b string all the time in 440
I did exactly that before having read your comment. None of what you described is true. In fact 432 sounds kind of wrong, less balanced, out of tune.
@@StopFear I strongly beg to differ. Do.
realize that anything that sounds different to what your ear is used to will not sound right.
Funny that Adam Neely just uploaded a video with a similar topic.
Really like what you're doing, keep it up
Gregor Limbach lol i was just about to say the same thing! Adam's given shout-outs to SamuraiGuitarist before, so I'm sure this is just great munds thinking alike lol
I literally just watched Adams video lol
They need to collaborate. They're both quite similar, and their videos are very informative.
Im more interested in what kind of music would come out of a colab, having their differences in mind.
This is proof that there is a conspiracy at work trying to keep 432hz down so we can't get in touch with our higher (err lower?) vibrational selves! ;)
I absolutely LOVED example 2. I can really dig the woodsy/homey feel to it. Cheers mate!
Vsauce for guitars
TheCartoonCatastrophe 10/10 would watch
TheCartoonCatastrophe no, that's Adam Neely jaja
Shian sho yeah definetly Adam Neely lol
he said for guitars not bass/music
Hey guitarists, Samurai here.
You actually proved for me that it does make a difference!
I thought the "440" tuning sounded better for some of those compositions, and the "432" tuning sounded better for others. It just goes to show that there is very clearly no correct way to play music.
watch the whole video
Rokas he very obviously did
Rokas I did watch, hence the quotation marks around 440 and 432. I don't want to be a debaser and spoil the video for anyone.
oops, my apologies
Rokas no harm no foul
I tend to tune a half-step down most of the time, just because I like the string tension better and, as you mentioned, that’s where many of my favorite bands tune to. But there’s really no other reason than that. But I was thinking something sounded a little off during your demo. I had to laugh when you came clean at the end. Great video dude!
Yeah dude! Drop those drums 8 Hz!
drums are pretty much tuned by hz. i use hi-tom 127Hz md-tom 113hz and floor-tom 76Hz. it depends what wood their are and layers and size ect ect duh. they sound bad in down tune. Duh. okay maybe thats sarcasm but
i wanted to share a little fact :)
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You make it sound like standard procedure for drummers to tune their instrument by Hz, but it's really not. Even roughly tuning by notes is somewhat uncommon. Most people just tune to a pitch where the combination of shell and head sounds good and harmonizes with the rest of the kit.
i work just with 432 hz now
Thing is it's not standard procedure, but I personally like accuracy when I tune my drums. If I'm in a pinch though, I have quick-tuning methods that get my drums sounding good quickly without a lot of fuss. All it takes is knowing how the science of a drum-head works.
Try going outside on a nice spring day and tune your guitar to the birds singing. I've done this about three or four times and always end up in the same range of frequencies. It has never come out in the range that would sync up with 440 but always falls in alignment, or in tune with 432. I've also done this with recorded whale sounds with the same result. I'm not totally sure what this means, but it's interesting.
lmao
Yes. Sounds of Nature herself! God definitely made the world the way it is. It's actually kind of scary the way certain types (both musician and non) get completely trigged and hostile at the idea of tuning to A-432 Scientifc Tuning. Yet tthey even use C-256 and A-432 tuning forks a the doctors office to test nerve responses and such. Again, God made things the way they are. The fact that there is such a dogmatic resistance to this is almost . . . Evil.
I've had some people resist simply because they don't want the hassle of having to deal with changing the tuning they use to create music. They call it nonsense so they don't have to deal with it. It is a hassle if you're working with other musicians, so that's understandable, but to actually get angry about it? What's that all about?
How do you get a bird to hold an A432 pitch for you to tune to?
@@keyboardtekThat's funny, lol. I could think of several sarcastic responses, but will restrain myself.
What you are trying to do is to get one string to harmonize with the dominant bird song. This might be difficult if you don't have a good ear, but anyone who is an experienced musician will likely understand. If you start with your guitar in 440 you will likely end up close to either 432 or 444, depending on if you tune up or down.
What I did, in all three attempts, was detune flat, well below 440, and then tuned up one string until I felt it to be in harmony with the bird song. Each time it was in sink with 432 inside a 12 frequency range. For example, one time it came out at 420 which is in harmony with 432 and 444. You could end up at 412 or 456 or any variant of 12, but if you have the same results they will fall within those ranges. I never ended on any variant of 440. Hope that makes it clearer.
Anyone who has ever hand tuned an acoustic guitar without a tuner knows its all about relative pitch, not frequency.
It´s called comfort zone and it has to do with the fact that we are used to some conceptions that it occurs that could it be missconceptions.. like what we hear and how we hear it! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
Or anyone who has used a device to tune a guitar to A=432 or any other pitch. There's no magic, just slightly lower pitches.
It's the same for nearly all accoustic instruments
Exactly
You don't get it.
Exactly the video I needed. Thanks dude! 432hz was everything I have been looking for. What a sound / tuning standard
To me, all the lower tunings sounded just a bit warmer. Maybe I am just hearing things though
Yup, your brain tricked you. As he already said it's a placebo effect.
It CAN be a placebo effect, but it doesn't HAVE to be a placebo effect. Someone could really like 432 rather than 440, who knows
they do sound warmer. tuning lower usually does. but it only sounds warmer because you also heard the 440 version. 420 would sound warmer than 432, etc.
Sounds warmer/better because our ears are used to hearing music in 440hz. any deviation from 440hz (higher or lower) will sound interesting... and sometimes better
Actually, you're not just hearing things. Longer (slower) wave lengths are less stressful and more relaxing to the body and brain. I personally felt that the lower tunings we're warmer and more soothing.
I tune my entire guitar to 432 not just the A. Intonated it to that tuning as well. Sounds fantastic and much more resonant in recordings.
you just had a Newton and Leibniz moment with Adam Neeley. Hah.
Calculus history joke! I'm pretty sure you win *all* the geek points. Cheers!
Maybe it was a secret collaboration.
They should collaborate on a video/jam session.
I always felt that tuning down slightly from 440 gives the music a warmer tone. I almost never tune my guitar at 440 unless I want to learn a song that was recorded at 440.
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not trying to hop on the 'conspiracies' but to me.. going from 440 to 432 feels natural, but going from 432 to 440 sounds weird and off.. looks like 432 it is.
Until you have to play with other musicians in the real world who tune to the standard A440. Then you will be the one sounding horrible.
@@keyboardtekthats called tuning to each other in agreement. Pianos, harmonicas and horns can leave.
Adam Neely just uploaded a similar video on this subject.
so I ran the numbers and tested myself. I gravitate towards 426 picking it both times.. thanks I guess it comes from me typically tuning down my acoustic steel string so I can bend it more easily and my interest in nice bass in guitar when I look for one. Lower frequency means the strings are not as taut and therefore cooler for my purposes. Great video!
The rock/metal song sounded better in the lower tuning. But that's nothing new really. Good stuff though, I like that you provided multiple examples across varying genres instead of just one like in other videos on the subject that I've seen today.
i always find that altering my tuning can help me get out of writers block when i'm stuck with a song. Thank god for vari-speed!
You and Adam Neely's video on this are eerily similar given that they were uploaded within hours of each other.
Its because of the resonation of the universe
Sparrow Shimasu That's why same movies appear at the same time...
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I heard this in Michael's voice
I actually felt that the examples given were not all 440 vs 432hz because the feel was not consistent between the different examples and I thought to myself, this guy can't possibly be tricking his loyal viewers like this but yes, yes you did. Subscribed!
In high school, our band director had us tune to A=446Hz for a brighter sound.
English Brass Bands were tuned to a higher pitch until the 60's. Then they fell into line so they could play down to 440 and perform with others.
Dude, I love that twist you threw on the end. Placebo or not, some of the original ‘432’ songs did not actually resonate with me and I was like, ‘wtf, this is a crock.’
If anyone's interested in this subject, or alternate tunings, I would suggest researching scientific tuning and the reasoning behind it.
Also, regardless of tunings, there is a problem with experiments of this precise type that seem to be flooding TH-cam. The problem is that the human ears adapt too readily to alternate tunings and which ever song is played next will either sound sharp or flat as a result of the expected measure. To truly test any merit to the 432 hz tuning, you would have to look at things completely differently. Sound amplification, wave visualizations, and how an instrument holds up to the strains of the different Hertz throughout time are just a few things to consider.
Perceptions are subject to Placebo effects, as you mentioned. It's no wonder why you came into this experiment and left with the same biase, given the method of experimentation.
I don't prescribe to any specific tuning, nor suggest that someone get stuck in one, but I hate the scienceless biases that everyone seems satisfied with. It's as one sided as someone offering nothing on why it's better and saying everyone should switch...which I've seen plenty of that as well. Bah, this world
It´s called comfort zone and it has to do with the fact that we are used to some conceptions that it occurs that could it be missconceptions.. like what we hear and how we hear it! I would suggest 430 with a slidely turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint! there's also a theory which may has to be what you reffers.. it's called Scientific Pitch Tuning or Phytagorean-Phitagoric Tuning it can differ but not much.. they're pretty all the same base with differents apreciations.. approaches and aproximations to give pretty close results too!
Also to make an experiment of this kind legit.. he would have to actually play half of them in 432 and the other half in 440. Forcing people to choose between two categories.. while lying about the categories.. makes this experiment nonsense.. people were forced to choose between two...when in reality there were many different choices. This experiment was nonsensical and didn't prove nor disprove anything.
Good grief, stop yogurt weaving this thing. Some people like Marmite, some don't, simple; move on, get a life, enjoy
I only learnt that this guy is talented, makes good music and plays fine guitar.
For me, all I'm noticing is that 432 sounds more exactly on key, while 440 is sort of between keys a little bit. There was something I always liked about songs being slightly out of tune, maybe a kind of other-worldliness.
Listen to classical music like Mozart and Bach. Their music was set at 432 hertz. Very soothing and therapeutic.
Can't praise you enough for setting this up with false pitches in the examples. Well executed!
Hi!
I tried 432 hz out on my acoustic guitar last year. I didn't notice much difference at first. But after a while I did. It seemed as though it took some time for my guitar to adjust. The result was my best year of songwriting ever; by a long shot, and with the same habits. Maybe it was coincidence, but it didn't feel that way. I play in 440 now so that I'm in tune with the norm, but if I ever finish up my songs from last year I'll go back to 432 for more.
I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
I tuned my guitar completely by ear with no reference point. The result? I had tuned my guitar to exactly 430 and some strings slightly up or down for more intonation within the instrument.
Finally a complete experiment! Thank you!
i think when we hear 432 it’s like we’re used to 440 so much it just sounds refreshing to hear it a little bit lower. none of that healing magic bullshit
Idk what it is about the jazz one in 432 but man I felt that one
I still liked whatever was lower in pitch. I don't know why but my ears have always enjoyed the sound of songs in lower tuning than in standard.
You're right though about singing. I find myself straining way less in lower tunings and I feel like I can write a better melody if it's in a lower tuning. 🤙 great video and keep up the great work!
That´s cuz your ear is sayin' to you where it´s a better point where sound and music it just feel right! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
Well played, you've earned a subscriber
I've always heard of 444hz being the frequency of King David. I'd like to see you take that on.
Best ever video on 432 vs 440. Best ever musical examples on 440 vs 432. And yeah, I liked all of the examples because the instruments were in tune with each other.
I enjoyed the Higher pitched ones, the ones that weren't tuned down as low.
I Have Always Tuned by Ear.
No tuners in my day,, I'm old.
I ALWAYS Tuned A to 432 NATURALLY...
I don't think 440 or 432 sound better or worse than the other, but there's definitely a color difference.
Gives me an idea to write in A@432, because I've only ever wrote music at A@440
I agree exactly. there was a definite color difference.. which is what I've been looking for...
Trying to bust a myth using a lie is like knowing the devil lives in the path of the moon. None the less, great job playing, recording, mixing, editing and displaying this piece of entertainment. Good luck going forward.
Don't know bout everyone else, but I certainly heard that the frequencies changed drastically per song. Not better or worse, just obvious to my ear. Having said, that loved the clip! And what an impressive collection of instruments you have. Will subscribe
so proud of myself for noticing the tuning trick before you mentioned it
no wonder the 432hz songs u played felt off, i thought it was just me lol. Nice going there.
Jokes aside the certain frequency of synchronicity as in 432hz and many similar frequencies the vibration you feel in your being from these frequency matches with your chakras of your being are allways going to be feeling happier and free the test was not done right in this video and I'm positive everyone who watched it will agree that the mentioned tunings before of reveal of the mistake made still you felt happier every time you heard 432hz LOVE AND LIGHT 🙌🏻❤
Spiritual So sent me here
Fantastic. Best instructional video on hz I ever heard
Now I know why I liked only the sound of "432hz" in the first example
Hey man! Just wanted to say, I really enjoy your videos. Ive been playing guitar for 20 years, but seems like Ive hit a plateau of sorts. When I discovered your channel, its content began to rejuvinate my urge to learn in some way. Thank you so much sir! Hope your having a great weekend.
Samurai Scientist, I like it :)
great work, great video !
I've been doing this for years without knowing it was conspiracy. I always felt like tuning it to 432 sounded a bit fuller
my father was a piano tuner, he was trained by a piano tuner. he had a A440 tuning fork. the piano is tuned to A440 around a circle of 5ths.
I definitely could tell that dropping hz saund better. Recently I listen to classical music. It's passed over 2 months but overall I feel more inspired and energized to do daily tasks. Not to mention that I got more and more moments to feel "in the moment", which is a blessing these days.
My music here on youtube from my band is all in 432 hz and I'm never going back!
Man this video was awesome! I had no idea how good you're gonna explain and exploit the subject!Cheers!
I thought they all sounded off except for the jazzy one
Not to mention that if you are moving, you will experience variations in pitch due to the Doppler effect and even if you could account for those, you also have variations in movement which alters how you experience time itself as per the theory of relativity. Then, I also heard an episode of Science Friday on NPR that featured a talk about "leap seconds" and how they would add or even subtract seconds to the correct official time. The fact of the matter is that just playing an instrument, your instruments will go out of tune periodically and no one will notice. Just enjoy the music.
I agree. It's just BS. I do just like tuning lower. If someone plays at A415hz I feel EVEN MORE drawn to that. There isn't anything special about 415, or 410, 432, or 442, or 440. People try to prove why something is "good" when all they need to say is "I like it because I just like it." 15 or so years ago people were freaking out because orchestras were starting to tune to 442. It's all kinda dumb to me and a way to avoid taking responsibility for your own music and your own opinions.
It´s called comfort zone and it has to do with the fact that we are used to some conceptions that it occurs that could it be missconceptions.. like what we hear and how we hear it! I would suggest 430 with a slightly turn up intonation to 431 hz aprox by ear as equal modern temperament! it´s all in the ear and 432 it´s a good mathematical reference and startpoint
Ricardo Aldana you said the exact same thing on another comment
yummyjackalmeat its making others difficult for others to imitate yourcomposition. if theresva note in between mi and fa ti and do ill use it and people whovaccidentally like my musicwill be in a quandary on how to play it. just wait til I can invent a microphone that can make my voice into blended four voices automatically
415. Baroque tuning XD
Hi, Samurai, thumbs up for the insane amount of research for your content 👍👍😅
Pay attention to how you FEEL. Your ears are adjusted to 440hz so it will take some time for 432 to sound 'right'. But you should certainly feel calmer. 432hz is the frequency that creates the most significant symmetry and patterns in water and particles. Beethoven and indeed ALL music until the 1940/50s was tuned to 432hz. It was changed by governments and media institutions to do with orchestras, as 432 appears to fill the room, rather than being localised. After using a 432hz converter for a while, 440 will not only be the one to sound strange, but will make you feel more irritable. This is widely observed
440 makes my gums hurt. Noticed It today.
I liked the 432 on the fourth one, it sounded cool with that jazzy bit
Thank god people are starting to cover this topic. A few months ago I had to dig to find someone being honest about this "Philosopher's tuning". It all comes down to personal taste, vocal strain (as you mentioned), and the fact that we respond to reference points in music such as intervals or side by side tuning comparisons. On that note I love that you lied about the real tunings! I had no idea the first was above 440! Most people are not able to tell either so this deception really proved your point!
Jeff Stack I'm not sure if you make any sense at all. It's fact that most people love sugar and sugary things... But it's DEFINITELY NOT GOOD FOR OUR BODIES!!! Capiche? Do some brainiac work if you're gonna try to sound "brainy". Please, for the love of GOD!!! RESEARCH BEFORE OPINING ON ANYTHING!!!
432 made me happier for some reason...
I remember a co worker saying once that it was the same frequency that resonates with water or something like that? And the water in our bodies is what makes that the special frequency.
I might tune to 432 on my acoustic from now on
I generally liked the second versions better because they felt softer and more soothing
haha, i heard the different tunings and thought "WTF?" this doesn't sound right. especially the second one stood out really clearly because of the bass sound. thanks for this great video!
The last few seconds BLEW my F*C*I*G mind! YOU LIED TO ME!
Love what you did at the end there
Did you also change tuning on the drums accordingly? :-P
K0r0n1s i asked that now top before i read you're comment. I don't think so either. But I can't blame hin if he didn't because that takes a lot of time.
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If he did not, it is not a full 432 experiment.
This video is exactly what internet needed! Thank you for cleaning misinformation in those dark times! :)
The lower tunings just sounded like a slow record player, having been played after the higher ones.
I thought the second sounded better, and warmer in all but the last example, which sounded almost identical. In each case I thought they sounded nice, but then warmer and richer in the second tuning. At least now I know what that 440 number is on my tuner! Thank you, Sensei.
I was not completely sure about this A = 432Hz thing, so I just tuned half of my strings to 440Hz and the other half to 432Hz. Now my music is resonating with the universe AND my neighbours in whole new ways!
This is only one version of the story and its the most reduc one. There is another much more compelling and provable. Ultimately you need to hear the comparison between 440 and 432 while tripping balls.
The first video of yours I've seen, and a heck of a welcome. Fascinating, conclusive, and well done all around. Subbed.
i tuned vocal chords to 432 and now i can sing like a canary
i tuned my mind to 432 and now i have telekinetic abilities
i tuned my body to 432 and now im a demigod
You tuned your soul to 432 and you became an idiot of entire universe!
Great comprehensive explanation! 👍
I like 432, just vibes nicely to my taste. For me it was definitely like what samurai said as far as perking up your ear to something new. I played 440 for over twenty years and switching to 432 was like a breath of fresh air, but so are alternate tunings
I feel like all these videos miss the point. It's not just downtuning by 8 Hz. It's that the ratios between frequencies are closer to whole number ratios. So it's really that the intervals between notes are closer to harmonious ratios described by Pythagoras. (eg A:D :: 432:288 is 1.5 (3:2) (432 tuning) whereas A:D :: 440:293.66 is 1.49833 (440 tuning)). So it's that these pythagorean ratios are thought to be harmonious and 432 tuning, when done correctly is closer to the whole number ratios for harmony that were described by Pythagoras (although he is credited with some of these ideas that actually originated in Mesopotamia.
If you tune down from A=440 to A=432 without *adjusting the temperament*, you will never be any closer to any kind of good "harmonious ratios": The A major scale in A=432 will have the notes B=494.90 Hz, C#=544.87 Hz, D=576.61 Hz, E=647.27 Hz, F#=726.54 Hz and G#=815.51 Hz, since every note is some multiple of the square root of 12.
Pythagorean tuning is not actually "harmonious" or well tuned either, since it creates really awkward intervals and ratios around pitch relationships. The 12-tone equal temperament achieves a reasonably OK approximation of a major triad with ratios of 4:5:6, but in Pythagorean tuning that same chord will be tuned to the ratios 64:81:192. I don't know about you, but the Pythagorean one doesn't look like very good ratios.
this is advanced. sometimes I record my guitar and bass parts few semitone or even one note higher. then shift the pitch down to normal in the mixing to get more full sound, but this is an irrelevant topic I guess
well, the beatles did that in strawberry fields forever, and they've got an amazing result.
Thanks for taking the time to explore this idea.
Stop giving my guitarist ideas! He's gonna make me retune all my drumheads
I love this video! I wonder how many MoFo's had to backpedal once you said I lied. That was the best video on the subject ever! great job calling out the 8Hz junkies. I think many different tunings sounds great all depending on the music. As long as all your other notes are in tune with one another it will sound smooth and good to the ear. doesn't matter if you've tuned down 1/2 step or 2 steps or up the same. As long as all notes are tuned to sync your golden.
Well one thing I know for sure - instruments tuned to 432 are in fact, in tune with nature sounds (animals etc). I once made myself a bugarian kaval (flute) tuned to 432 and I can play along with singing birds. And well, they even respond sometimes, when I try to mimic them. So yeah.
During the course of any piece of music, we are not constantly playing an open A, so rarely does it's frequency "stand alone" anyhow.
Instead, we are not only playing open A's, but also doing sharps and flats, chords, doing bends, harmonics and whatnot. So the 432 AND the 440 hz both fade into insignificance.
What's more important, is the relation between the notes played, the rhythm, phrasing, repetition and variations. Just like our eyes and our sense of touch, we are always comparing levels of sensory input, drawing conclusions based on these comparisons. (Check out the cold water vs hot water hand trick, and optical illusions, which show we have no internal "absolute", but rather are constantly making comparisons as the basis of judgement of reality) So whether A is tuned to 432 or not has no bearing on our perception of music, and therefore most probably no bearing on how that music affects us.
I was going to suggest next time do a blind test when you do a comparison....but you're pretty sly. Well done!
As far as i am concern, I feel much mellower when you tuned down in all examples. Truth be told!
Tune how you like. As long as everyone else you play with does too. I played at a church where the worship pastor said it was healing people. It wasn't.
We left that church and couldn't be happier. Magic frequencies are all bs.
Jesus alone saves
What tuning were you using???
@@BigTony-bf5jr A 432
Amen
Excellent video. Very well thought out.