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dillondoyle on March 2, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why does an A note sound different across instrume...

i think what op might be referring to is what tuning 'A' sounds like. e.g. some orchestras will tune at 415 to play older music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvb7VlL_d6I

Closi on March 2, 2021 [–]

Yeah, the point of the article was just that 440 hz (or 415) on one instrument isn’t the same as 440 hz from another instrument in terms of the sound.

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