<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: x-small"> <DIV><FONT size=3>I have finally arrived at the age where I can admit there are things that exist that I can't understand or give a scientific explanation.  Key color is one of them.  I hear a difference in keys even in flawless ET and I know lots of other people who hear color.  I can't explain it, but I don't pooh pooh everything I can't explain.  While HTs have MORE key color (and somewhat different key color) ET does too.  </FONT><FONT size=3>I know some will claim that it is just not ET or the dreaded RW, but.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="" size=3>Another, related item, is the effect of keys on pitch stability.  In college, I belonged to a choir that was called an a Cappella choir.  While we did use accompaniment for some music, most was a Cappella.  Certain keys would always lead us out of tune quickly and in others we stayed amazingly in tune.  F and G seemed quite unstable, but if we started in F# the pitch would hold very well.  B-flat was probably the worst, but singing the same song in B would stay in tune well.  Temperament had no effect, because we got our starting pitch from a single note (always the tonic) and sometimes from a pitch-pipe.  I don't know what caused it.  I have no scientific explanation for it.  I just observed it for 4 years in choir.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="" size=3>Key color, pitch stability, pitch recognition (a name I like much more than "perfect" pitch) are all things I can't explain, but then there are lots of things that I observe in this world that I can't explain or understand.  Isn't that part of what makes life fun?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="" size=3>dave</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: x-small"> <DIV> <HR> <FONT size=3>David M. <FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Porritt</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Southern Methodist University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> <HR> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>