Viola tunings
The viola's one famous scordatura, and period pitch for the ensembles that live there.
Scan a code with your iPhone camera — or open the link — and Nitpitch offers the tuning: load it once, or keep it. Without the app, the link shows the same details you see here.
Scordatura repertoire
Sinfonia Concertante
C♯3 G♯3 D♯4 A♯4
Mozart writes the solo viola in D but tunes it a semitone up, sounding in E♭ with the orchestra — tighter strings, and a brilliance that carries against the solo violin.
https://nitpitch.app/t#djF8dmlvbGF8NDksNTYsNjMsNzB8fHxTaW5mb25pYSBDb25jZXJ0YW50ZQ
Historical pitch
Baroque A=415
C3 G3 D4 A4 · A=415
Standard fifths at period pitch — the viola's seat in a Baroque band.
https://nitpitch.app/t#djF8dmlvbGF8NDgsNTUsNjIsNjl8NDE1fHxCYXJvcXVlIEE9NDE1
