Re: Concert Pitch (a second try)

[Paul Scott]

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