Hi Phil I have a question that has been bugging since I wondered about it due to a tune I couldn't get out of my head. If a person has perfect pitch, pitch recognition,or tonal recal, or tonal recognition, or whatever you want to call it, can he or she upon hearing a tune, write down the notes, especially if they can hum it to themselves. I have no idea if a note being played is C or A, so that precludes me from knowing what key the song is in. I have heard that with training one can recognize the interval of the next note played. I think it is easier to produce the interval musically than to name it upon hearing it. I can tell most triads esp if they are in tonic. Of course rhythm or timing is important, other wise Joy to the World would sound only like a descending C major scale. Richard Moody ---------- > From: Phil Bondi <tito@peganet.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Perfect Pitch > Date: Thursday, July 10, 1997 5:56 PM > > ..i'll keep it short.. > > ..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? > > ..if someone asks me to sing a *A*, i can, in *reletive* terms..if someone > asks me to name the 4-5 notes in that chord, i can..if someone asks me to > tell them what key this song is in, i can.. > > ..if it ain't perfect, then what should we call it..relative?..can someone > with *good* relative pitch sing an *A* on command?..i don't think so. > > ..i invite your comments..publicly or privately. > > >
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