Klarinet Archive - Posting 000378.txt from 2003/08

From: "Noel Taylor" <r.n.taylor@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] key of C ear training
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:14:45 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: James Hobby [mailto:jhobby@-----.net]=20
Subject: Re: [kl] key of C ear training

A couple of points.

First, everyone I've known that had perfect pitch (an obviously small
number) has found it to be more of a problem than a help. If you have
perfect pitch, the note you see is the note you hear. So if you're =
playing
Bb clarinet, your eye and your ear "see" two different pitches. This =
is
amplified if you play A or Eb clarinet. Only if you play C> >clarinet =
would
the written note and the heard note be the same.

>>>>>>>< SNIP >

I was wondering - what happened to people with perfect pitch when =
Concert
pitch changed? Were they still perfect, or did they have to relearn =
their
perfection?

Noel Taylor

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