Klarinet Archive - Posting 000406.txt from 1997/01
From: Kelli White <kelliw@-----.au>
Subj: Re: Pitch Question
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:05:03 -0500
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I have always thought it interesting that the ads talk about teaching
you the colours of different pitches, as that's the way I can tell what
notes are being played by other players, although in terms such as
*bright*, *round*, *thin* (of the note itself, not the player's sound),
but I don't consider myself to have an exceptional ear, and certainly
not perfect pitch. Perhaps it's a form of relative pitch? As someone
has already said (sorry, I couldn't find your name in a hurry), most of
us probably would recognise, if not all at least some of the notes, for
example D above the stave and F# top line, if we *had a go*.
Unfortunately, having played for many years in wind bands (Bb
exclusively), and not much orchestral experience, I now *hear* in Bb
pitch, which makes musical dictation fairly interesting. Relative
dictation?
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<DT> I have always thought it interesting that the ads talk about
teaching you the colours of different pitches, as that's the way I can
tell what notes are being played by other players, although in terms such
as *bright*, *round*, *thin* (of the note itself, not the player's sound),
but I don't consider myself to have an exceptional ear, and certainly not
perfect pitch. Perhaps it's a form of relative pitch? As someone
has already said (sorry, I couldn't find your name in a hurry), most of
us probably would recognise, if not all at least some of the notes, for
example D above the stave and F# top line, if we *had a
go*.
Unfortunately, having played for many years in wind bands (Bb exclusively),
and not much orchestral experience, I now *hear* in Bb pitch, which makes
musical dictation fairly interesting. Relative dictation? </DT>
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