ambientidm wrote:ambientidm wrote:The human voice does not have an infinite range thus scales have a sweet spot as far as tuning goes.
this makes perfect sense
every "body" of matter has certain resonate characteristics that are finite
the human vocal cords is one of them
if you think tuning really does mean anything then why not set A to 599 or any other freq or bump the scale right out of the human hearing range
the human voice has a finite range thus tuning makes a difference just as the ears have a finite range of hearing
some think the brightness of a 440 is better than the warmer tones of 432 or other lower As
might point is 432 is going relieve tension on the vocal cords and i am not tying in any mystical meaning to any of this
Right, lower is easier for some people to sing. That's pretty much all you're saying. One could reverse your own proposal and ask why not just bump A down to 300Hz? In fact I believe there is a pitch pipe from the early 18th century that was found to have an A=380Hz base.
The human voice having a finite range is no real reason in itself to tune to precisely 432Hz. Why? Well the simplest reason is that even if you tune to that standard its still possible to write music in extreme vocal ranges. If you think a different tuning standard can somehow eliminate the possibility of singers having to sing higher pitches in real life music then that's just absurd.
Also, if range is such a big factor then how can you explain that the difference between 440Hz and 432Hz is less than a quarter tone, let alone a semitone? It's only a 31.76 cent difference and yet you're claiming it's going to make this vast difference in the way people sing? It doesn't hold water.
In the real world what professional singers do is either train the hell out of their voices (mostly classical singers) or simply find keys that work best for their range (more common with pop singers).
Try simply staying at A=440 but transposing Hey Jude to the key of E major (original key is F major). Seriously, try it. That way you get lower singing that's more comfortable for your voice and you don't have to get into alternate tuning standards that 99% of working musicians will not be tuned to (i.e. you'll be able to make music with more people).
So now that I've offered a working solution to your dilemma, one that we musicans call "transposition", if you're still stuck on the 432Hz thing then you'll need to come up with a better description and explanation of why you still think it's "more resonant" with every single human's vocal cords, despite the level of physiological variability that exists with regard to the human voice.
