Thats exactly what I thought!, I'm like I undertand watts not hrtz. anyway, I just finnished with my srewing around with the tunning, did not notice much. I believe the magic pill is still in our fingers, not so much the signature tricks.Why stop at 435Hz when 432Hz and all of its unlocking of the mystical secrets of the universe is 3 lousy Hz away?
- What's interesting is some greats among greats from every genre supposedly used it. Hendrix, DIme, Prince, EVH. I use it and like it. If they actually used it then I trust them. It just feels better, imo.
is there a noticable difference in the dynamics and harmonics with a 435 tunning? seems Dime and EVH used them for some of thier guitar work.
- If anything, 440hz is a conspiracy to make you break strings easier and your voice fatigue faster. lol
sometimes i wonder if they just slowed the tape speed when mastering or tracking back in the day. when tuning to an older record , sometimes it doesn't line up with a particular frequency on a tuner. its not 440, or 438 or 435...its just in between on someis there a noticable difference in the dynamics and harmonics with a 435 tunning? seems Dime and EVH used them for some of thier guitar work.
EVH did not. He used a "sweetened" type tuning, wherein almost every strings is offset some from 440.is there a noticable difference in the dynamics and harmonics with a 435 tunning? seems Dime and EVH used them for some of thier guitar work.
EVH did not use it. It was a little more elaborate than that.- What's interesting is some greats among greats from every genre supposedly used it. Hendrix, DIme, Prince, EVH. I use it and like it. If they actually used it then I trust them. It just feels better, imo.
- If anything, 440hz is a conspiracy to make you break strings easier and your voice fatigue faster. lol
There is a belief that the tapes for albums, say the first two Megadeth records, were basically subjected to whatever, resulting in the tuning of those albums being somewhere between E and Eb.sometimes i wonder if they just slowed the tape speed when mastering or tracking back in the day. when tuning to an older record , sometimes it doesn't line up with a particular frequency on a tuner. its not 440, or 438 or 435...its just in between on some
No. There is no possible physics that makes a different reference pitch better for every instrument, or even every kind of instrument.is there a noticable difference in the dynamics and harmonics with a 435 tunning? seems Dime and EVH used them for some of thier guitar work.
I've always wondered whether that's what Metallica did on For Whom the Bell Tolls. It's latter than E standard 440Hz tuning, but sharper than Eb standard.sometimes i wonder if they just slowed the tape speed when mastering or tracking back in the day. when tuning to an older record , sometimes it doesn't line up with a particular frequency on a tuner. its not 440, or 438 or 435...its just in between on some
Eb (or thereabouts) was pretty common in the 70s, so I don't know about that. EVH used sweetened tunings so the guitar would sound in tune for various (mostly major) chords. In fact, if anything, his approximate tuning was par for the course during the era he used them, but the sweetened tuning idea was done so he'd be in tune, as equal temperament is pretty flawed.No. There is no possible physics that makes a different reference pitch better for every instrument, or even every kind of instrument.
Like, the question doesn't really hold water if you think about it for a second. The difference you will notice in the harmonics is that they will be 20 cents flat.
EVH and Dime and anyone else (quacks excluded) tuned flat for the same reason Chuck tuned to D standard. Because it sounded different to everyone else. Lower keys just sound slightly darker by the nature of being lower. People who tune to, say, 432Hz and say it sounds better are being tricked by the fact that it sounds close enough to the 440Hz that it still sounds like E, but has a little bit of extra darkness that Eb has.
From what I understand, there is a belief (perhaps because an engineer or producer mentioned it) that Metallica did some shenanigans to speed up songs for studio albums. Apparently, it was done to make them tighter and more precise at the speed they wanted the songs. That said, For Whom the Bell Tolls isn't really a fast track (compared to say Battery or Blackened), and I'm curious how much the cold played a factor since they did those albums in Denmark or whatever.I've always wondered whether that's what Metallica did on For Whom the Bell Tolls. It's latter than E standard 440Hz tuning, but sharper than Eb standard.
Yeah, lots of people were using sweetened tunings, but they tended to be based on A=440Hz not A=415Hz (which is what we would call G#, leading to a guitar tuned to what we would call Eb standard).Eb (or thereabouts) was pretty common in the 70s, so I don't know about that. EVH used sweetened tunings so the guitar would sound in tune for various (mostly major) chords. In fact, if anything, his approximate tuning was par for the course during the era he used them, but the sweetened tuning idea was done so he'd be in tune, as equal temperament is pretty flawed.