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...certain frequencies that directly activate cells and dna in the body which greatly help in healing...
...so i decided to tune one of my acoustic guitars to a 417, intead of 440...
...there was also a suggestion to use the magic 528hz tuning guide but that is too high for guitars...
...i will keep playing with this tuning long term wise and see if i "feel" differently...

you are correct. a=440 was not adopted as a 'standard' tuning until 1939.

you can read more about it here:

a brief history of tuning

and also here:

history of u.s. standard pitch, a = 440 hz

however, instead of a=440 (or even a=417), many believe that standard pitch should actually be a=432.

you can read more about that here:

the campaign to lower the tuning pitch

and also, david hatcher childress wrote a very interesting book called "anti-gravity and the world grid" that relates to the musical tuning standard of a=432:

anti-gravity and the world grid

david wilcock and i considered using a=432 as our standard pitch for our science of peace series music, but opted for standard (a=440) pitch in the end. (read why near the bottom of this post)

some interesting points about using a=432 as a pitch standard (this is from another website):

1. harmonically aligns to astronomical time count of precession of the equinoxes, 432 x 60 = 25920.............................................

2. the original stradivarius violin was designed to be tuned to 432, it is the most precise instrument ever constructed by humans...........................

3. 432 is found at countless ancient sacred sites furia's virtual tour of sacred sites along with such key locations as the great pyramid in egypt, 432 is found at the largest buddhist temple in the world the borobudur - at the borobudur the amount of statues at "the temple of countless buddhas" is 432...........................

a =432 hz b = 240.17358 exactly one half of the height of the great pyramid (one octave below).......................................

d = 288 diameter of the outer circle of stonehenge, 144 gematrian for light (also bible) 72 one degree of precession. pythagorean ratio 4/3 which also represents the chephren pyramids apex angle tangent. (also a ratio between 2 gematrian systems)..............................

g# = 101.93282 represents the difference in height of chephren and the great pyramid 1.0193282 and also the distance in arc seconds between cheph. and the g.p. when divided by all 12 notes. antenna heights?...........................

if you can get a tuner that lets you alter the concert pitch, that can be handy. concert pitch is usually the frequency assigned to note 'a' and is usually 440hz. if you drop this tuning to 432hz it can have a very nice effect, as it seems more resonant some how. (the sound carriers further and the sound is 'bigger'). another handy thing about tuning to 432hz is, and let me use computer music as a comparrison. if you tune to 440hz, then each note is a division of this number and you get 18.666666 recurring. your computer cannot generate these tones ! by using 432, not only do you get an exact tone and harmonics, you can also set the tempo of your music to the wavelengths of the tone and get even more aspects of the composition 'in harmony'. at 432 the note 'd' resonates at 144000 times per second, so tempos of 36, 72, 108, 144 etc are in tune with the notes ! but as d and a are also in tune with one another, those tempos will also work for all tunes. another harmony that occurs when you tune to 432hz is that all the digits of each note always add to 9. 4+3+2. the note d becomes 144hz 1+4+4 etc. when i tune to 432hz, as long as the other parameters i am using, temp, speed of effects etc add up to 9, i know it will always sound well balanced. theres a bit more to tuning than getting it almost right and digital tuners cannot accurately tune your guitar to 440hz (they simply cannot work out .6666 recurring digits), digital doesnt do 440 ! i think soon, with the advent of digital music, a lot more people will have to tune to 432 out of harmonic nescesity. however, physical music is vibration that resonates over time. all frequencies exist in all matter. to choose 1 frequency and say that it is 'better' than another is sort of like saying "i like my big toe on my left foot more than i like my little finger on my right hand".

there are no 'magic' frequencies as far as music goes, however there are resonances and phrasings that humans 'resonate' with (pun intended).

healing is of the mind... not of the body, however. and when a 'body' resonates at a particular frequency, this action itself does not guarantee that a healing will take place. it simply means that some of that matter will vibrate more than other parts. and this frequency will change depending of the sex, weight, age, and amount of water a person is made of.

it is true that tuning a guitar (or any musical instrument for that matter) to an alternate standard pitch (a=417 as you did for instance) will result in resonances that are different compared to when the guitar was tuned to a=440. and those resonances may be more musically 'pleasing' to you or may not be... it all depends on the instrument, not the tuning. this is because all instruments (even the same models made by the same manufacture) will resonate slightly differently when tuned to different tuning standards.

stevie ray vaughn used to tune his guitars to e=eb (meaning he was always one half step flat to standard pitch). he used heavier gauge strings and tuning the guitar lower made his particular guitar sound and play better to his ears. his piano player (reese wynans) used to tell me it was great... because everytime he played a song with stevie, he could play on all of the 'black' keys of his keyboard.

what is interesting is that 432hz (4+3+2) = 9... if you're into that kind of thing.

if you want to hear what any music sounds like at a=432 you can easily listen to mp3 files at any tuning you choose using the following program:

amazing slow downer for windows

set the pitch to be (440-432 = -8 cents flat). you can do this by double clicking on the 'cents' window in the lower right and enter -8. be sure to click on the 'speed' window and set it to 100%... the program defaults to playing your files at a slower tempo!

since almost all instruments made today are designed to be played and tuned to a=440, it is natural and logical to use a=440 as a tuning standard.

and since any song can be played back at any tuning reference you choose, enjoy the music! (whatever your tuning preferences are)

best to you!

larry