Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
I'm going to step in here, perhaps where wise men fear to tread.
The LilyPond music glossary isn't intended to be a definitive music
dictionary, is it?
Nope. A basic understanding of transposition should be all that is
important here.
So do we care what reference concert pitch uses? Does it matter if it's
A=440, or A=445, or A=450?
Some of us care for a non-notational reason: Woodwinds are built to
specific proportions which make them much more in tune at a specific
frequency. In the 1970s flutes were reproportioned by manufacturers who
could afford to retool from Boehm's original 435 to 445. I didn't find
the right keywords yet to find out what modern clarinets are designed
for. There are old saxophones marked "low pitch" which are somewhat
impractical when played with normally tuned pianos. I recently played
my flute with a modern Yamaha Xylophone which was tuned to at least
445Hz. A bit of a challenge!
Paul
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