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Are We All Mistuning Our Instruments, and Can We Blame the Nazis?

Pitch Count

A small cadre of fanatics insists music would sound better if instruments were tuned differently. Ted Gioia spent a week putting put their theories to the test.

Ted Gioia

Published Jun. 6 2015 12:01AM EDT

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I’ve spent the last week listening to out-of-tune music.

Or maybe I’ve been listening to out-of-tune music all my life without realizing it. Yes, it’s possible.

Ted Gioia

Ted Gioia

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