I have always wanted to go figure this one. OK, a person registers a "perfect" A on a tuning machine. Now what I wonder is this. Ask that person to sing a C. They could sing a 6th below, or a m3rd above. Will these intervals be in Just Intonation, or ET? If NOT in ET the machine will register sharp in both cases. So what is "perfect pitch"? I say if a person could sing a C to A in Just and then a C to A in ET verified by a machine, then there is "perfect pitch". ---ric ps I have seen a singer sing A440 and "zero the needle". He did it twice in a row. I told him my I had not believed in perfect pitch up until now, and besides my voice had a "vibrato" and even looking at the needle I could not get as steady as he did. He laughed then sang A "in full color"(my phrase) and bounced the needle more than I did. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dpshans@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Go figure >he sang an A-440 tone that stopped the lights. > Dan Dannenfelser > Sacramento, CA
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