<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/5/2004 11:36:16 AM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV>Please explain how you define "perfect pitch".</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Terry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What an astute question.  It has been my experience the ability to= remember pitch AKA (badly) "perfect pitch" falls into a wide spectrum. = It can range from individuals who are able to detect variations as small a= s a hertz, to some as large as 50 hertz, and some are even instrument sensitive.  There is nothing perfect about any of it, depending on its strength it can be a powerful tool or a great handicap, depending on accompanying skills it can make the world your oyster or leave you so confus= ed as to view it as a curse.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All that aside, I view it as the ability to identify, with a high degree of accuracy, a pitch, and be able to determine if it is sharp or flat= from "standard" what ever that may be.  With HT we certainly create eve= n more vagueness surrounding this subject.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Andrew Remillard <BR>2417 Maple Ave<BR>Downers Grove, IL 60515<BR>ANRPiano.com<BR>630-852-5058</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>