Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 1999/02

From: DHmorgan@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Perfect Pitch
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:24:49 -0500

I've been getting back into music lately--when I was in music school years ago
I suspected I had perfect pitch but I didn't really develop it. I have an A
tuning fork sitting in my kitchen and every once in a while I've been hitting
it and trying to remember the tone. I've gotten so that I can get up in the
morning, sing what I think should be an A=440, then I hit the tuning fork and
I find I'm right on the money. I get pretty easily confused, however, if I've
been playing or listening to music recently--I'll tend to start thinking that
the tonic of the piece I was just experiencing is an A when it isn't. But if
I really clear my mind, the A usually comes to me. Also, I've started
noticing that a lot of car horns honk an A, so I'm able to identify the pitch.

Is this perfect pitch? Can I develop this? How? And will I end up making
myself crazy because I'll know when a recording is a quarter tone flat and
it'll detract from my enjoyment! I have composed music in the past and may in
the future--usually at the piano, though I can also compose to a certain
extent in my head.

Thanks once again!

Truly,
Don

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