Wives tales ... violin tuning

[Fenton Murray]

I've have had clients who could name the notes in a chord, it did not matter how you stacked them up, 6, 8 10 notes, no problem. That's really not pitch, but it sure impresses me. No such thing as perfect, I agree.
Fenton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matthew Todd 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 5:57 AM
  Subject: Re: Wives tales ... violin tuning


  There is no such thing as PERFECT pitch, only relative pitch.  It someone had perfect pitch, it would mean it would have to be perfect, and besides Jesus Christ, I have yet to see a human that was perfect.  If indeed this customer had perfect pitch, they could be able to tell you that the note was four cents flat.  But because she said the note sounded like a "d", it is relative.

  Matthew

  Richard Brekne <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:
    Yes... a good sense of relative pitch memory is an interesting thing 
    indeed. Its just that it would be best for all concerned if it were kept 
    better in perspective... i.e. words like Perfect and Absolute left out 
    of it. Severely extreme cases of pitch sensitivity are more a handicap 
    then an asset. Fortunately... there are very very few on this planet 
    that actually suffer to that degree....and correspondingly few that 
    could with any hint of justification fnyss at someone else for erring 
    <> pitchwise.

    Cheers
    RicB


    I had a customer a few days ago, whose piano I tuned 2 years ago. 
    She played some notes and said how flat they were...the piano in
    general sounded reasonable. I got started and the piano was indeed
    about 4 cents flat and 7 in the treble. When done I asked her if
    she had perfect pitch...wasn't sure. I played a D and she said that
    sounded like a D...pretty cool...

    David Ilvedson, RPT
    Pacifica, CA 94044



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