I have no idea which flair this should properly fall under. If the “other” tag is inappropriate, I’d be happy to recategorize it.
Many times I see study/sleep/chilling music videos and streams on YouTube that will include the sound frequency in the title. The one I’m listening to right now says the music is 432Hz.
Why does the sound frequency matter?
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“432 Hz” refers to a tuning standard. A tuning standard allows instruments to be in tune with each other, the most common one is A=440Hz, which means that the specific note A has a frequency of 440 Hz (basically setting down what its pitch is and saying “this is what A should sound as”). There have been many standards through history, up to A=460Hz or so (music sounds higher pitched with this).
432 Hz is just another standard, nothing special about it. Also, I suspect that most “432 Hz” music isn’t recorded or performed using A=432Hz specifically, rather it’s regular music (using A=440Hz) slowed down slightly so that the pitch is lower.
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