Proper tuning for psychoacoustics (positive effect on brain)

The proper way to tune is A= 432Hz is that true?
I have been doing some research on tuning and to me 432Hz sounds better then 440Hz or 444Hz how about you guys?
This is the math behind this…
http://youtu.be/VS3tureL0UQ
440Hz vs. 432Hz (sound comparison)
http://youtu.be/P5ILuyaZIO4

The proper standard is A=440Hz. (that is after a Nazi also back in WWII, I think Godel is his name). But the history of tuning is different at different ages, and in Russia a while back it was 435Hz, also I think at one time when I do not remember but it can be looked up on the Internet was 427Hz. Depends on the instruments of the ages, but the current standard took place about WWII. In France, opera singers were using a higher pitch for standard A, of about I have to guess trying to remember of about 452Hz or something, but they went on strike because it was wrecking the singer's voices being that much higher of a pitch, and they wanted it lowered. Well, I use the standard A=440Hz, because that was what I was taught, as well as it being the standard of today. (432Hz was brought up because of numbers and such numerology or something like that but it sounds flat after a while and the dullness of the tones gets boring to me after awhile. Just some people trying to claim they know something about music when they are just going by numbers just don't mean that much to actual people in the Industry especially Orchestral Symphonies and such.)

This thread blew my mind and opened up a ton of questions. Off to google....Thanks!

jb101


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Me and dBxKenobi are in harmony on this one.


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I use 440. 

I like it because it is the accepted standard in most music these days. With my tuners set to 440, I can tune up and jump into a jam session or throw a song on and play along and I'm in tune. 

There was a time (in the 60's and 70's) when that was not always the case. I even bought a  JVC record turntable with a strobe speed control so I could "tune" the records to my guitar and not the other way around.  There wasn't a set standard apparently in the studios or with the bands.  Now, it's rare to find one not using 440. (At least on country radio) 

if i do not have a keyboard part in the song (and sometimes even if i do).....

i tune down, usually between a half step to a whole step, and tune all my guitars to whatever tuning the first one i pick up happens to be in.

seriously.


i just don't care.

as long as i'm in tune.


with myself.

LOL

I think it was here on the forum that I recently read about this. The "standard" varies between countries and even between symphony orchestras.

The current standard is 440 probably because it is a nice even number.  Many European orchestras like to tune higher because it gives them a more brilliant sound.  The standard in the US was 440 or slightly lower for a darker, more romantic sound.  

Check out the variances in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb24c77zJ64

Wow lots of opinions, thanks for reading and writing, I read that different frequencies effect the human brain differently, (these slight variations have a profound effect on subconscious) doctors use music for healing and spas for relaxation,  read  a lot about it being around A=444Hz and some say A=432Hz, and almost all say 440Hz causes disharmony in human society. I don’t believe everything I read on the internet as most are people's opinions, but I must say I do find the idea of experimenting fascinating.
   

My guess Bats is that you would find the common thread being tuned to standard 440 & the most common progression being G,C, & D (in any order really but those are the chords/keys I'd put my money on in that test).

440, 441, whatever it takes. Seriously though? When tuning a guitar? Or any "stringed" or "performance" instrument, it is very difficult to get it exact? And even if you do, as you play an acoustic guitar, it is warmed by your body, and the strings are affected. So unless you tune each string, using a strobe, after every few measures, it will float ever so slightly... But it doesn't matter because you can't hear it, and neither can anyone listening to the performance. What is key is that it sounds good in the end, not the number of vibrations in a given key.