Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 1997/01

From: "Ian M. Dilley" <imd@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Pitch recognition A or Bb
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:39:36 -0500

Is it really possible to train yourself to have perfect pitch? Has
anyone done it? How do you go about it?

Ian Dilley

>
> As an excercise, all you have to do is imagine yourself fingering and
> playing the sounds you hear coming from another clarinetist, and you will
> soon realize that you recognize most if not all the pitches. By the way,
> this is a good way to begin training your own perfect pitch (which anyone
> is capable of doing).
>
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> Jonathan Cohler
> cohler@-----.net
>