Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach: Mass in B Minor - Kyrie

[7ens3nButt0n]

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[NimbleTurtle13]

VEVO and Bach? WTF? 

[pll89]

Great musical piece..although for some reason why does my ear says that the peice starts in Bb minor and not B minor..am I missing something?..

[daniel0731ex]

@pll89 Baroque tuning, A=415Hz

[pll89]

@daniel0731ex That would sound like Ab but it the the key defiantly sounds like Bb minor unless you mean Baroque Tuning B415 which would make more sense..not really :/ what would be the point they could of just say it's in Bb minor..

[daniel0731ex]

@pll89 In baroque tuning, all the notes are tuned about a semitone lower; "A" tuned as 415Hz to be exact, rather than 440Hz.of modern tuning, which would make the B sound like Bb

[pll89]

@daniel0731ex Ok but why making it like that? it could of just say Mass in Bb minor :/ instead of Mass in B minor, Baroque tuning 415Hz. sounds rather pointless.

[daniel0731ex]

@pll89 No, the piece is in B minor, but the chorus just performed it with baroque tuning.

[pll89]

@daniel0731ex They could of just say it's in Bb minor lol although it sounds better then without the ''baroque tuning''

[daniel0731ex]

@pll89 NO, don't you get the difference? The piece is written in B minor, but at Bach's time their B minor just sounds like Bb in today's standards. But it's still in B minor.

I'm getting a feeling that you're just trying to show off your "perfect pitch". Mind you, I have perfect pitch too, it's nothing so extraordinary to show off (though for some reason people today are just obsessed with it, not knowing that musical intonation is actually much more sophisticated than just the 12-notes)

[NimbleTurtle13]

@pll89 A = 440 Hz is a modern convention. It is not definitive and there is no great reason why people chose to use that as the standard. Personally, I think Bach would have preferred this at a higher pitch (A = 465).

[bassbass99able]

@NimbleTurtle13 no its 441

[NimbleTurtle13]

@bassbass99able Uh it depends. It is usually between 440-442. European orchestras tend to take the pitch higher and most American orchestras use A = 440

[1banders]

@pll89 What you're missing is that A440 is not a law of nature. No one is born with his ears tuned to A440. A440 is the result of years of lobbying by American wind manufacturers, who finally got their way in the 1950s. But even today, some philharmonics tune higher, and period ensembles tune to various historically informed pitches, such as A415 chamber pitch or A465 organ pitch. This is a historically informed performance, on period instruments, at A415 chamber pitch. Get with the program!

[cumofo]

Vevo sucks, I want to listen to Bach, not some hip-hop fad, or see some psychedelic trip.

[whateverthehellz]

@cumofo you could always..look away from the screen if the video offends you

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[fulltimepassgiri]

According to a top 100 classical pieces, this one is the best, second best is Der Ring des Nibelungen – Richard Wagner and at third number is Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral" – Ludwig Van Beethoven........are you kidding me, Beethoven at third? wtf has the world come to........

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@fulltimepassgiri beethoven is brilliant!

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@fulltimepassgiri I don't think it's listed in order of merit because it would be silly. That's like trying to rank different fruits in order of better taste... but what defines good taste, yaknow? :S

[fulltimepassgiri]

@arcturian627 still......

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