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<DIV><SPAN class=864470517-29102004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" =
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size=2>Keith Jarrett, whom I admire greatly aside from this story, =
apparently
maintains that he has perfect pitch. He tunes his own harpsichord to a =
historic
temperament. There's an interview with him that includes this
description:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=864470517-29102004><FONT face="Lucida Console">A =
car horn
honked outside his Parisian hotel room. It was either stuck or the =
honker was
off his rocker. Jarrett has perfect pitch; it hurt. Closing the window, =
he said:
"Okay, it's an A. Actually it's a very flat A. Like a Werckmeister
Three."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=864470517-29102004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" =
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size=2>From the rest of the story, it is clear that the writer doesn't =
understand a lot of what he's writing about, so I'm not at all sure what =
Jarrett
thinks or hears. The quote, however, implies that the pitch of the A can =
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size=2>not only
be identified as sharp or flat, but can also </FONT></SPAN>be attributed =
to a
certain temperament. The latter is not possible without hearing at least =
some
thirds. I suspect he had worked with a harpsichord set to A-415 and =
tuned in
Weckmeister III, and the car horn triggered a sense =
memory.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=864470517-29102004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" =
color=#0000ff
size=2>from <A
href="http://www.culturekiosque.com/jazz/miles/rhemile13.htm">http://ww=
w.culturekiosque.com/jazz/miles/rhemile13.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>lgulli2586<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 29, 2004 8:57 =
AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Perfect Pitch<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What about those who bang on a note =
after you
tune, then announce this note is flat.....they have not played a chord =
or a
scale just that note. I find it very interesting first, that they =
never say
a note is sharp. They dont compare it to anything.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was told once that perfect pitch =
was the
ability to name a note when several are played without looking. tell =
you what
triad etc etc....However being able to determine a notes =
flatness or
sharpness within 15% would be good....are we talking about randomly =
slecting
any note on a piano, and make this determination. I would be
impressed...but I have my doubts this is what we are talking
about.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard,
Canada</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>