Klarinet Archive - Posting 000476.txt from 2005/08

From: ormo2ndtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning vs. Intonation ...how to get perfect pitch and
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:37:44 -0400

Rob wrote:

>HOW DOES ONE LEARN PERFECT PITCH?

Perhaps I'm re-stating the obvious, Rob, but much (most?) of this
discussion is not about "perfect pitch".

"Perfect pitch" means the ability to identify physical frequency. That
is, a person with perfect pitch can tell you that a particular "A" is
being played at 445 instead of 440, etc etc. There's also a
distinction between "relative" and "absolute" perfect pitch, but these
sub-categories are still about identifying frequencies.

Much of the discussion in this thread has been about the fact that no
single definition of frequencies 'fits' into every melody or harmony.
Scales contain a built-in mathematical conflict. The same physical
frequency (pitch) for a particular note doesn't sound 'in tune' in every
possible harmony or melody --- and since the feeling of 'in tune' varies
from one culture to the next, we should qualify the title with phrases
such as "in Western music", etc etc.

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