I think I FIGURED OUT why they destroyed the church bells!!
432hz vs 440hz is a limited hangout! It's about relative pitch, not absolute pitch. That's what moves the soul. That's why slide guitar or violin or cello or vocals can stir the soul like they do, because you can hit the "just temperament note" whereas the frets on a guitar (or keys on a modern piano) only hit the "equal temperament notes". Some guitarists tune their guitars subtly different for different songs, for this very reason. This is why I love playing slide, I can get between the notes. It's subtle, but it makes all the difference. It's where the soul lives! It's what autotunes takes OUT of voices.
I bet the bells were tuned to just temperament. Now I bet they are in equal temperament. It sucks the life out of them and fucks up all the overtones. Just temperament is sublime.
Listen to at least the first 80 seconds of the first video and test your ear/soul. I legit wept in the 20 second mark to the 32 second mark. Perfection. Cut me to my soul.
THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!!! YOU HELPED ME PUT IT ALL TOGETHER!!!
Ear Candy below, for those who made it this far! If you have a nice sound system, I hope you have tissue. PLAY IT LOUD SO YOU CAN FEEL IT, not just hear it.
One of the most beautiful video game songs ever composed used the sound of church bells--because Christianity was originally going to be the religion of its setting, before plans changed.
At least, it used the bells in Japan. Hardware changes for the US version of the console required a change in composition.
I think I FIGURED OUT why they destroyed the church bells!!
432hz vs 440hz is a limited hangout! It's about relative pitch, not absolute pitch. That's what moves the soul. That's why slide guitar or violin or cello or vocals can stir the soul like they do, because you can hit the "just temperament note" whereas the frets on a guitar (or keys on a modern piano) only hit the "equal temperament notes". Some guitarists tune their guitars subtly different for different songs, for this very reason. This is why I love playing slide, I can get between the notes. It's subtle, but it makes all the difference. It's where the soul lives! It's what autotunes takes OUT of voices.
I bet the bells were tuned to just temperament. Now I bet they are in equal temperament. It sucks the life out of them and fucks up all the overtones. Just temperament is sublime.
Listen to at least the first 80 seconds of the first video and test your ear/soul. I legit wept in the 20 second mark to the 32 second mark. Perfection. Cut me to my soul.
Piano Tuner Shows Classical Repertoire Performed in Historical Tunings
From above video... 18:40 "If we play music of the 18th and 19th century in equal temperament, it's like looking at a painting without the colour."
Listen to the first minute of the video below...
How Eighteenth Century Piano Tuners Heard Major 3rds | 18th Century Aesthetics
Two Short Ear/Soul Tests Below
Just Intonation vs Equal Temperament
EQUAL temperament vs JUST intonation (PURE tuning)
Below is a 40 second overview using Canon in D by Pachelbel... Listen with your soul, not your ear...
Is Modern Music Out Of Tune? | 1 Minute Music Theory
A couple below for the math whiz autists...
Just Intonation vs 12 Tone Equal Temperament
The one above actually gives my physical cold shivers when they switch back and forth. (fractions are "just", numbers are "equal")
Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano
THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!!! YOU HELPED ME PUT IT ALL TOGETHER!!!
Ear Candy below, for those who made it this far! If you have a nice sound system, I hope you have tissue. PLAY IT LOUD SO YOU CAN FEEL IT, not just hear it.
J.S. Bach: Air from the Suite No.3 in D in Just Intonation
Broken bell... probably 12 feet in diameter and taller than that with a huge chunk blown out if it...
Moscow 1908
Rewind to see the massive canon and balls that probably did it...
Tragic. )-;
One of the most beautiful video game songs ever composed used the sound of church bells--because Christianity was originally going to be the religion of its setting, before plans changed.
At least, it used the bells in Japan. Hardware changes for the US version of the console required a change in composition.
You've probably heard of the game.
Done!
Glad to help!
Thank you! Glad to help Fren.
Bells do not have overtones in the same way that pipes and strings do. They are not harmonically related.
They have wavelength. Bells tuned "just" are gonna sound way nicer and their wavelengths are gonna line up way nicer when tuned "equal".