[pianotech] OT: Re: Perfect pitch - chord recognition, slipping OT

[phil at emvkeys.ca]

 >Mark Potter wrote:

 >Phil, have you been able to perform at this level of chord recognition 
without beers?  THAT could be the answer!!!
 

Hey, I'm a professional entertainer! I would never conduct an experiment 
like that on the customer's dime!

seriously, after I hit the return button I thought, to be fair, I should 
have mentioned that most of the time I'm playing within a limited range 
of musical genres including R&B, blues, funk, light-duty jazz, classic 
rock. So a lot of what I do is likely little more than recalling 
predictable sequences & patterns, in other words, memory work. For the 
moment, I personally believe that pitch memory and relative pitch 
recognition are skills which to a large degree can be developed through 
intentional or passive memorization.

I believe my skills were developed through passive memorization, that 
is, I've played these tunes and these kinds of tunes so many times over 
30 years that a lot of the patterns and structure of the tunes has been 
committed to immediate ram.

I guess I'm still wondering if there are strong arguments for the idea 
that a person is essentially "born with perfect pitch", as if it's a 
special gifting.

I appreciate your comments

Phil


--- On *Tue, 5/5/09, phil at emvkeys.ca /<phil at emvkeys.ca>/* wrote:

    From: phil at emvkeys.ca <phil at emvkeys.ca>
    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Perfect pitch - chord recognition, slipping OT
    To: pianotech at ptg.org
    Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 12:42 PM

    Funny things these tests (snip)


    Allan wrote:
>
>     This is the link to a scientific test about Absolute Pitch (snip)
>

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