Speaking of singing hymns with a piano that's tuned to the "wrong" pitch... I thought of something -- Let's say the piano is 300 cents flat, but in tune with itself. The congregation is about to sing a song that has the sopranos hitting near G#5 or higher (with the piano correctly tuned, that is). Tell the piano player and/or song leader something like "Oh, by the way, this piano might make it a little easier on the sopranos." :) --- Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 1/11/02 12:48:07 AM !!!First > Boot!!!, > joegarrett@earthlink.net writes: > > > > All, > > A comment was made, "I can see no justification > for raising the pitch....." > > I will give ONE very strong reason: EAR TRAINING. > If some continue to leave > > pianos "where they are", etc, for little Johnny to > practice on, we will > > never get rid of the horrible phenomenon of "Tin > Ears". Please consider > > this. Music is to be loved, enjoyed and to ease > our day to day stresses. > > IMHO any piano that is out of tune or not at > proper pitch does none of that. > > Respectfully, > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > > > Joe > > Music can be loved at any pitch. Consider that > Mozart, Bach, and most of the > great composers, probably didn't have a piano or > organ tuned to A440. Yet, > they somehow managed to produce some pretty > fantastic music. > > As far as ear training is concerned, there is no > reason for a piano to be at > A440. Ear training is not identifying which note is > which on the piano. Ear > training is the ability to sing and hear intervals. > Once a pitch is given, > ear training teaches how to sing another pitch. So > it doesn't make any > difference where that pitch is, in reference to a > piano, even it the piano is > out of tune. Unless one has perfect pitch, very few > people are going to know > the difference. I am sure, like most of us, I have > sung many a hymns a step > or two higher or lower, and never knew it. And if I > did, it didn't bother me, > or any one else in choir. All we had to know was the > starting note, and off > we went. > > Now I am not advocating we tune all pianos at what > ever pitch we find it. But > they don't need to be there for ear training. > > Wim > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
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