At 08:43 PM 12/14/1999 +1300, you wrote: >Hello Brian and Mark, > >I went to high school with a guy who was able to correctly identify notes as >you describe Mark, he later went on to become a piano tuner, very good one I >might add, can set an A *very* close and checks himself against a fork every >now and then, but he has real difficulty tuning pianos to other pitches. Here's an interesting point. Way back when standard pitch was 435 and lower, I am certain there were people claiming "perfect pitch". Well if it was perfect then, is it perfect+, now? Since these folks are not attuned to the 'cosmic pitch' standard then they must only be relating to the "pitch du jour". >I was always fascinated by this as I too tune pianos but don't as me to >identify a note, my pitch memory isn't good but neither does it need to be. >To me pitch memory is of no real advantage, but to a musician as you suggest >Mark, it is is a useful gift. I am pitch insensitive. I couldn't hit a note with the broadside of a barn but I do a pretty good job of frequency comparison when it comes to setting a string in a piano. >Brian, perhaps the people you speak of who claim to have perfect pitch are >simply able to hear a note out "in relation to another note" ie an octave. >Most musicians can here this to various degrees and piano tuners to an >exacting degree, hopefully. > The only perfect pitch is the one which makes each and every customer by the item or one which involves a 'swing and a miss'. Regards, Jon Page >Cheers >Graeme Harvey >New Plymouth NZ ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/
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