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. Dear Conrad: The above is the meaning applied to this pitch memory in the small town where I was raised. I was taken to many small School PTA's where people would play different notes on the piano to see if I would err. I also was taken to the high school where the band director tested me with many different instruments (I was in fourth grade, so he made the necessary allowances for transposing instruments). Where it is valuable for me is in rehearsing vocal music. I'm not interested in all the other aspects of it you raise. This sense of pitch is simply a part of me that functions as easily as do my lungs when taking a breath. I tune using the Reyburn Cybertuner. I was trained aurally, but that is fun for me to use. I'd be glad to converse with you privately on the matter, so as not to waste bandwidth. Dan Hallett, Jr. Hallett's Piano Service dhalle@toolcity.net > Conrad Hoffsommer Office - (319) 387-1204 > Luther College Music Dept Fax - (319) 387-1076 > 700 College Drive > Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu > > If I had multiple personality disorder, my resume would make more sense.
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