Randy - In a message dated 97-03-30 18:43:44 EST, you write: << if you hear flat tones, you will learn an incorrect sense of pitch. This is especially true of children, who will learn to sing flat if they grow up hearing a flat instrument, and will have a poor sense of developed pitch their whole lives." >> I learned to play on a piano that was about 100 cents flat. Maybe I was influenced more by listening to WWV (Bureau of Standards Radio - used to broadcast A=440 four minutes out of every five) as a teenager, but I never felt the piano being evenly low had a detrimental effect on my singing. How else could I have received a music degree from Westminster Choir College? I am not sure what you mean by "developed pitch." "Perfect" pitch? Relative pitch? Bill Maxim, RPT
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