---------- > From: Richard Moody <remoody@easnetsd.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Perfect Pitch > Date: Friday, July 11, 1997 2:32 AM > > Hi Phil > I have a question that has been bugging since I wondered about it > due to a tune I couldn't get out of my head. If a person has perfect > pitch, pitch recognition,or tonal recal, or tonal recognition, or > whatever you want to call it, can he or she upon hearing a tune, > write down the notes, especially if they can hum it to themselves. Hi Richard: The PitchBitch says YES. In fact, that is precisely how I write down my musical thoughts in the middle of the night when all of my musical toys are in another room. ZR! RPT diskladame@provide.net > I have no idea if a note being played is C or A, so that precludes > me from knowing what key the song is in. I have heard that with > training one can recognize the interval of the next note played. I > think it is easier to produce the interval musically than to name it > upon hearing it. I can tell most triads esp if they are in tonic. Of > course rhythm or timing is important, other wise Joy to the World > would sound only like a descending C major scale. > > Richard Moody > > ----------
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