Using baroque pitch, Reference pitch (master tuning: p. 39) – Roland Classic Organ C-380 User Manual

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Performing

The reference pitch can be changed from “A=440.0 Hz” to “A=415.0 Hz” (Baroque pitch) or “A=392.0 Hz” (Versailles pitch).

From the main screen, press the [Select/Menu] knob.

Turn the [Select/Menu] knob to select “2 Pitch / Tuning.”

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Press the [Select/Menu] knob to access the “Pitch / Tuning” screen.

You can also access the “Pitch/Tuning” screen from the main screen by holding in the [SET] piston and fingering the

keyboard.

Turn the [Select/Menu] knob to select “Pitch.”

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Turn the [Value/Exit Menu] knob to change the “Pitch” setting.

This setting will return to “MODERN” when you turn off the power.

Press the [Value/Exit Menu] knob twice to return to the main screen.

Using Baroque Pitch

Indication

Value (A =)

VERSAILLES

392 (Hz)

BAROQUE

415 (Hz)

MODERN

440 (Hz)

VENETIAN

465 (Hz)

Using historical temperaments

By using a historical temperament when playing a composition suited for it, the beauty and tension of that work can be

brought out even more greatly. In particular, when playing a work that uses a modulation-capable temperament and

includes modulation, the sonority of the chords will change, adding subtle changes in the tonal character as the

composition progresses.

Werkmeister combines meantone and Pythagorean tunings to increase the freedom of modulation, and is used in works

ranging from Bach through modern times. Kirnberger was also conceived in a similar way, and is used mainly for playing

Bach’s organ works.

Meantone was popular throughout Europe during the Baroque period, and was used particularly in pipe organ

performance. It was also customarily used by Baroque composers such as Handel, as well as in works of the Renaissance.

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