Wives tales ... violin tuning

[Don]

Hi Matthew,

While "absolute pitch" can be learned, there are a significant number of
people born with the ability. One could argue that they learned while in
the womb--but I do feel that some folks have a genetic disposition to such
abilities.

I have one client who grew up with a piano that was 100 cents flat and was
that way before her mother became pregnant--yet her perfect pitch is
correct for A440. Clearly that was not a "learned" behavior.

As fascinating as this topic is--it has little to do with piano tuning
except from the point of view of "satisfying the client".

I must add that the list tries to avoid discussions involving "higher
powers"  {your God may not be identical to mine} and "politics". They lead
down a path to dissension, and have nothing to do with technical
discussions of piano work. Of course, you are entitled to your own belief
structure--but freedom of speech does not include the right to "sound off"
on a technical list about them.


At 05:43 AM 7/1/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>        After all, if you have perfect pitch, then why practice?         
>pitch memory.        Matthew
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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