This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment You have practiced your scales. That is good. Brian Trout wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > I tend to agree with you on this one. It's not always an advantage. > > I cannot play a piano that is more than a half step away from the typical > A-440. I'm one of those people who gets confused because I'm not hearing > what my mind says I'm playing. > > Although I don't play nearly as much as I used to, I never did find any > particular key intimidating. Not only do I play in the typical C, F, & G... > I also really enjoy playing in F#, C#, & B. (One of my personal favorites > in F# is an arrangement of Silent Night, which I'm allowed to play right > now. People don't take too kindly to hearing it in July...) > > I do not have the sensitivity that some claim to have. I could probably hit > it within about 10 cents most of the time, perhaps a little better, perhaps > not. It's more relative in my mind, as opposed to any level of perfection. > > Where it is useful to me, is when doing such things as chipping, I don't > need to bother pulling out a tuning fork, or fooling around with a > temperament. It's not great tuning, but it doesn't have to be on the first > couple of chippings. It's also helpful to just "run my fingers over the > keyboard" before I start into a tuning. It can give me a really close > evaluation of where it is long before I even open up my tool box. > > I know of tuners much more sensitive than me. I also know of tuners who > have almost no level of pitch recognition (who are pretty good tuners, by > the way.) I don't look at it as being much of a plus or a minus. There are > good points either way, depending upon your viewpoint. > > I'll be curious over the next 20 years or so of tuning to find out if my > pitch memory becomes more accurate. Time will tell. :-) > > Best wishes, > > Brian Trout > Quarryville, PA > btrout@desupernet.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matthew Todd <mtodd@pianotech88.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 6:55 PM > Subject: Perfect Pitch > > > Perfect pitch has a big disadvantage. When a piano is a whole tone flat > > or sharp, the person with perfect pitch can become very confused, as it > > won't seem he is playing the right notes. I have met people who have > > had this happen. They transpose up or down, and get all mixed up. > > > > > > Matthew > > ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mtodd.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 157 bytes Desc: Card for Matthew Todd Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/39/4a/6b/25/mtodd.vcf ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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