Perfect Pitch

[Tom Cole]

Phil Bondi wrote:
> 
> ..until someone comes up with a better *term* for what some of us are
> blessed with, it will always raise questions..perhaps Relatively Perfect Pitch?

List,

The only people I hear trying to "debunk" perfect pitch (or absolute
pitch) are the ones who don't have it. I'm a little weary of all this
jealousy. Could we count our own blessings instead of downgrading
others'? Okay, how about if we call it "hearing gifted"?

It may not be absolutely dead on plus/minus 0.00 cents but it refers to
a well developed sense of pitch, first of all, and a good memory of what
notes sound like. Someone without perfect pitch might think it's perfect
from their perspective.

In Detroit, Isaac Sadigursky gave a class on perfect pitch. There were 3
people in attendance who professed to have the trait and he asked them
to come forward and to each tune one string of A4. Isaac checked the
tunings with a machine and two out of three tuned the note on pitch
within reasonable tolerances.
-- 
Thomas A. Cole RPT
Santa Cruz, CA