Perfect Pitch

[Dan M. Hallett, Jr.]

Richard Moody wrote:
> 
> 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

Dear Richard:

The Answer is Yes. I do it all the time.

Dan Hallett, RPT
Hallett's Piano Service
dhalle@toolcity.net