absolute pitch

[Alan R. Barnard]

I knew a music prof and cellist who was challenged to do the following:
Play a three octave minor scale--harmonic ascending, melodic descending--two different ways: First in pure (just) intonation as though playing in a string ensemble; then in a tempered intonation, as though playing with a piano accompianment.
Measured electronically (spectrum analyzer, I guess) he was dead on. Spoooooky.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO
Joshua 24:15






Original message
From: "Jon Page" 
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 01/26/2007 10:02:19 AM
Subject: absolute pitch


>... absolute pitch...perfect pitch...


Misnomers. Ego boosters. Pitch Recognition is a more appropriate term.


But add to that, what pitch center (A = 440, 442, 444?)and what temperament.
String players will want to know <ascending pitch> or <descending pitch>.


Some people have a more acute sense of hearing than others.  Light waves
are frequencies too. Because I can recognize a color...does that mean I have
absolute or perfect sight?


I've read that some people are extra sensitive to certain frequencies or also
can have a drop off of perception at certain frequencies.  For me, G# and D
are less easy to hear.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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