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Re: Clarinet and Perfect Pitch

Author: clarinetwife
Date: 2007-08-27 22:39

Hi, Clockwiser and Ski.

I started playing piano four years before I started the clarinet. I have never given up the clarinet for any length of time but did spend some years without regular access to a piano. I do sometimes think a transposed note name when I hear a pitch. On the clarinet I associate fingerings with written notes pretty strongly, so the pitch difference doesn't bother me a whole lot when I am reading clarinet music. When I am in an ensemble I can hear that the ensemble is playing in G, but it doesn't bother my brain too much that I am reading in A. It actually affects me more when I am reading vocal music. Then I want to sing the pitch that is on the page! If I know the song I am better off just listening to the accompaniment and singing in the key being used rather than reading the music.

To me perfect pitch is more of a quirk than anything. It can be helpful at times, but I don't think the real effect on musicmaking is very big. Really, anyone who learns to hear intervals well has the tools they need.

Barb

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