Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > Is it: > > 1. The ability to name the pitch (or deviation from a pitch) of an isolated > note played by an instrument long after any previous note has faded from a > normal pitch memory, or obliterated by a period of "white" noise. ..yes.. > > > 1.a. The ability to name the key signature of unfamiliar music. ..yes.. > > > 2. The ability to generate a given pitch, again isolated by time, by voice > or instrument. ..yes.. > > > Problems: > > What tolerance can be given? Within how many cents must the generation (2) > or recognition (1) be? If tolerances are too close, then variances between > temperaments will alter the results. If they are too wide, the exercise > becomes meaningless. ..the word *perfect* is where people like ourselves have problems..I've been *tested * too many times to tell..if someone plays an A on a piano that is 30 cents flat, someone with *perfect* pitch shoul be able to say..Yes, That's an A, but it's a little flat..same goes for the sharp side.. > 2. - Pitch generation is probably for what those tuners who claim they've > developed perfect pitch would be most easily tested. I personally don't > claim to have PP, but after 24yrs of tuning I can usually set A440 within > about 5cents w/o a tuning device. ..can you hum a D# before you do that?.. ..this subject has been beaten around here before..the word *perfect* is where people get hung up..and I don't blame them..I have Perfect Pitch, but don't tell Larry Crabb that, 'cause there ain't so such thing as **perfect**!!
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