Go figure

[Richard Moody]

I have always wanted to go figure this one.   OK,  a person registers a
"perfect"  A on a tuning machine.  Now what I wonder is this.  Ask that
person to sing a C.  They could sing a 6th below, or a m3rd above.  Will
these intervals be in Just Intonation, or ET?   If NOT in ET the machine
will register sharp in both cases.  So what is "perfect pitch"?  I say if a
person could sing a C to A in Just and then a C to A in ET verified by a
machine, then there is "perfect pitch".    ---ric

ps  I have seen a singer sing A440 and "zero the needle".   He did it twice
in a row.  I told him my I had not believed in perfect pitch up until now,
and besides my voice had a "vibrato" and even looking at the needle I could
not get as steady as he did.  He laughed then sang A "in full color"(my
phrase) and bounced the needle more than I did.


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>he sang an A-440 tone that stopped the lights.
> Dan Dannenfelser
> Sacramento, CA