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Author: Jenny
Date: 2003-10-31 23:12
What's the difference between perfect pitch and relative pitch? What can you do to get perfect pitch?
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Author: Jan
Date: 2003-11-01 09:10
I think you mean the following:
perfect pitch = pitch as it is played on a piano (a note played as a C will sound as a C).
relative pitch = pitch as it is played on a transposed instrument (a note played on an alto sax as a C will sound as an A on a piano, because it's in Eb).
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Author: d-oboe
Date: 2003-11-01 15:20
Actually, those terms refer to one's ability to denote a pitch.
Perfect pitch is the ability to know what a note sounds like by itself. Individuals with this talent know what the sound "sounds" like, and can hear it in their head. Therefore if you play an A, they will know it's an A. Some individuals can also tell you what pitch your doorbell is...
Relative pitch is the acquired ability to know *where* a pitch is once given a reference pitch. For example, when a C is played, they know what the G will sound like, or the A, or whatever.
In most cases relative pitch serves just as well, if not better, than perfect pitch.
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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-11-02 08:52
D-oboe has roughly explained the whole thing so i'll just add a few. As the term suggests having Relative pitch enables you to relate notes. For example if you can sing a scale in any key with no problem then you have relative pitch, but that is only to give a simple idea of how relative pitch works.
Perfect pitch in the other hand is a lot more complicated.
You don't simply get perfect pitch. Either you are gonna be born with it or you'll have to at least get a few years of advance aural training. Say i tell a person to sing a Concert Eb note, and he/she does just that, and when i check on the piano, he/she sings the correct note, then the person has perfect pitch.
Try looking at www.eartraining.com
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