Scientific pitch
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scientific-pitch-320-6975759
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Scientific pitch
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Scientific pitch, also known as philosophical pitch, Sauveur pitch or Verdi tuning, is an absolute concert pitch standard which is based on middle C (C4) being set to 256 Hz rather than approximately 261.63 Hz, making it approximately 31.77 cents lower than the common A440 pitch standard. It was first proposed in 1713 by French physicist Joseph Sauveur, promoted briefly by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in the 19th century, then advocated by the Schiller Institute beginning in the 1980s with re
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Absolute concert pitch standard
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_pitch
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2024-02-18T19:06:06Z
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