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<p>Perfect pitch is actually phenomenal pitch memory. It isn't perfect, but still pretty interesting...glad I'm not afflicted.<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></p>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Matthew Todd"
<toddpianoworks@att.net> </toddpianoworks@att.net><br/>To: "Pianotech List"
<pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 6/30/2008 5:57:58 AM<br/>Subject: Re: Wives tales ... violin tuning<br/><br/>
<div align="left">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.</div>
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<div>Matthew<br/><br/><b><i>Richard Brekne <ricb@pianostemmer.no></i></b> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="replbq" style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid">Yes... a good sense of relative pitch memory is an interesting thing <br/>indeed. Its just that it would be best for all concerned if it were kept <br/>better in perspective... i.e. words like Perfect and Absolute left out <br/>of it. Severely extreme cases of pitch sensitivity are more a handicap <br/>then an asset. Fortunately... there are very very few on this planet <br/>that actually suffer to that degree....and correspondingly few that <br/>could with any hint of justification fnyss at someone else for erring <br/><
<absolutely> </absolutely> > pitchwise.<br/><br/>Cheers<br/>RicB<br/><br/><br/>I had a customer a few days ago, whose piano I tuned 2 years ago. <br/>She played some notes and said how flat they were...the piano in<br/>general sounded reasonable. I got started and the piano was indeed<br/>about 4 cents flat and 7 in the treble. When done I asked her if<br/>she had perfect pitch...wasn't sure. I played a D and she said that<br/>sounded like a D...pretty cool...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/>
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