Testing 432 Hz Frequencies (and temperaments)

432 Hz might be how we should be tuning our instruments, but.... ...most justifications for 432 require it to be in really wacky tuning systems for the numbers to make any sort of numerological sense. I actually tested some of these tuning systems to hear how they sound. THE THREE TUNINGS I USED...

14 min - Music - Adam Neely

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