Perfect Pitch ... or Perfect Bitch? Actually, she was very nice to me. The woman in question is the concertmaster for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Never before had I dealt with anyone whose pitch was as accurate as hers. She was most comfortable when A=441, and really noticed it if was at 440 or 442. ---------- On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 07:17:58 +1300 "Brian Holden" <bholden@wave.co.nz> writes: I would imagine that singers would be pretty accurate, > but not perfect. Any comments? > > Brian Holden Singers I have known can sing precisely on key with the ensembles backing them ... but without having a clue about what key they were singing in. ---------- However, it would be of no use whatsoever in tuning a piano.... Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com Oh yes it does!! Permit me to speak as someone who has a fairly accurate sense of pitch (not as accurate as the concertmaster mentioned above). It enables me to size up the problems a piano might be having (voicing, bad unisons, etc.) from a distance so I'll know exactly what to home in on when I have to touch it up during intermission. Z! Reinhardt RPT and PitchBitch Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net
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