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Testing 432 Hz Frequencies (and temperaments)

Adam Neely · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Music theory, synthesis & productionReligion, belief & skepticism

What it is

Adam Neely tests the claims for tuning to A=432 Hz by trying the unusual tuning systems that its proponents' numerology requires. He compares how they sound against standard tuning and temperaments.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it whenever the 432 Hz versus 440 Hz debate or tuning systems come up, and as an accessible entry point to music theory for non-musicians.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “As a non-musician it really made me appreciate how little I know about the technical side of music.”

    Tries various tunings around A=432 Hz

    magicalhippo, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Deriving the piano keyboard from biological principles using clustering”

  2. “Adam Neely did interesting videos about this”

    Interesting videos on the 432 Hz debate

    viraptor, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Music Tuned to 440 Hz versus 432 Hz and the Health Effects”

  3. “for more on music theory, I’d suggest Adam Neely’s YouTube channel”

    Music theory channel suggested for learning more

    pythko, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Who cares about plagiarism?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: 432 hz, temperament, music theory, pythagorean tuning, pseudoscience

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