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		mikorym on Oct 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures What was the reason?

soyyo on Oct 17, 2019 [–]

Age, some people even lose it completely, there was a thread here on HN some months ago where this was discussed

mikorym on Oct 18, 2019 | [–]

So A = 440 Hz rather than 432 Hz is not a Nazi conspiracy; it was just Mozart hitting his 30th birthday vs. when he was young? We can finally be at peace that Justin Bieber's pop song is tuned to 440 Hz... /s

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