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=La Monte Young's tuning from ''The Well-Tuned Piano,'' in Rational Comma Notation (and brand spankin' new KAIGI SIGNATURES!)= | =La Monte Young's tuning from ''The Well-Tuned Piano,'' in Rational Comma Notation (and brand spankin' new KAIGI SIGNATURES!)= | ||
With Concert Pitch (1/1) being | With Concert Pitch (1/1) being [[/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection|[email protected]]], Eb4[7] = 7/6 = (298+2/3)Hz serves nicely as the tonic in [[Rational_Comma_Notation_(RCN)|Rational Comma Notation (RCN). ]]Originally, Young tuned his "A", 189/128, to 440Hz, giving Eb of (297+187/189)Hz. These two pitches are less than 0.7Hz apart, a difference that can be essentially ignored, unless you're playing along to a recording with the same reference pitch, or feel like giving an officially sanctioned performance of the WTP (yeah right.) | ||
The octave above the Eb[7] reference pitch is as follows: | The octave above the Eb[7] reference pitch is as follows: | ||
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