Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 2003/08

From: <reedman@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] key of C ear training
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:41:38 -0400

As Mark writes, "if you think A=440 is utilized everywhere as a standard
at all times then you've got another thing coming" -- He is perfectly
right here. My wife has perfect pitch, but it is relative to A=440. She
was singing in a choir that was singing Bach at A=415. This drove her
crazy, as she would see the notes on the page and they would not agree at
all with what she was hearing. She couldn't even try to transpose, as 415
is not an exact transposition. Perfect pitch can definitely be an
impediment.

Jeff

> But if you've got perfect pitch you're perfect and everything else is
> wrong. Then you can strive to make the world a better place.
>
> Have a Nice Day!!
> Wendy :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Charette [mailto:charette@-----.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:20 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] key of C ear training
>
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Wendy wrote:
>
>> How can perfect pitch be anything BUT an advantage?
>
> And the arbiter of your orchestra's pitch is ...
> And you play with what opera house?
>
> Perfect pitch is in a sense relative - if you think A=440 is utilized
> everywhere as a standard at all times then you've got another thing
> coming ... and you'll find that perfect pitch is imperfect - and
> possibly an impediment.
>
> Mark C.

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