Wives tales ... violin tuning

[David Ilvedson]

Perfect pitch is actually phenomenal pitch memory.   It isn't perfect, but still pretty interesting...glad I'm not afflicted.



David Ilvedson, RPT

Pacifica, CA 94044









Original message

From: "Matthew Todd" 

To: "Pianotech List" 

Received: 6/30/2008 5:57:58 AM

Subject: Re: Wives tales ... violin tuning





There is no such thing as PERFECT pitch, only relative pitch.  It someone had perfect pitch, it would mean it would have to be perfect, and besides Jesus Christ, I have yet to see a human that was perfect.  If indeed this customer had perfect pitch, they could be able to tell you that the note was four cents flat.  But because she said the note sounded like a "d", it is relative.



Matthew



Richard Brekne <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:

Yes... a good sense of relative pitch memory is an interesting thing 

indeed. Its just that it would be best for all concerned if it were kept 

better in perspective... i.e. words like Perfect and Absolute left out 

of it. Severely extreme cases of pitch sensitivity are more a handicap 

then an asset. Fortunately... there are very very few on this planet 

that actually suffer to that degree....and correspondingly few that 

could with any hint of justification fnyss at someone else for erring 

<  > pitchwise.



Cheers

RicB





I had a customer a few days ago, whose piano I tuned 2 years ago. 

She played some notes and said how flat they were...the piano in

general sounded reasonable. I got started and the piano was indeed

about 4 cents flat and 7 in the treble. When done I asked her if

she had perfect pitch...wasn't sure. I played a D and she said that

sounded like a D...pretty cool...



David Ilvedson, RPT

Pacifica, CA 94044
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