Klarinet Archive - Posting 000404.txt from 1997/01

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Imperfect pitch
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:05:01 -0500

Look on the back cover of an AF of M (musicians Union) magazine. There is
almost always a perfect pitch ad to buy a system that says it will train
you to hear the colors of pitch.

At 04:38 PM 1/22/97 +0000, Ian M. Dilley wrote:
>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).
>>
>> -------------------
>> Jonathan Cohler
>> cohler@-----.net
>>
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College