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440 Hertz is a tuning note that musicians use to tune the Orchestra and a variety of different
musical ensembles. Its called concert tuning.
In an Orchestra, the Oboe plays the A tuning note. The reasons is because the Oboe player sits in
the middle of the Orchestra and it has a very distinctive sound plus the instrument holds very
good pitch.
However, there is math behind Music and history behind the A 440 Hz
The A 440 Hertz tuning was confirmed in 1939. However many other tunings was the standard at
different time periods from the Baroque era the time of Mozart. We will explore in these videos
and research about the sound waves the frequencies behind sounds. Math is a be part of this
since these frequencies are measure via ratios

Sound waves, octaves, scales and pitch.
The A 440Hz which is a interval of a sixth above middle C is what is establish for our tuning.
Tuning has change throughout the years.
We do know that A to A is and octave. The octave above A 440 hertz becomes A 880 Hertz.
The keyboard has half steps within the key. Each key on the piano has frequency.
This is measure from the A 440hertz which is six intervals above middle C.
A 440 hertz going up the step follow by the Bb flat etc. You will find the ratio for each half step
and its ratio going up to A 880 hertz

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



1 a) Keyboard starting on middel C and displaying the A 440 hz (colored in)

The semitone (half steps) show the tuning from the A 440 above middle C
It show the ratios and the hertz within the key below