Author: d-oboe
Date: 2006-08-15 13:24
Just a note..."perfect" or "absolute" pitch isn't something you can acquire (at least at our age) it is something that is usually inherent. (Though there is a theory that it can be trained if started at a young age, before the brain has finished developing. They gave age "9" as the highest limit)
Perfect pitch, in my opinion, gives little or no help when actually considering the reality of music itself, and the reality of what most symphony musicians have to deal with.
a) the pitch of a given note in a chord will not always be exactly just. For example, the major 3rd in a chord must be played 14 cents lower to sound in tune. Minor 3rds have to be played slightly higher, and perfect 5ths as well. The perfect pitch will not be useful here. The acquired "relative pitch" is what comes in to play here. (Almost anyone can acquire relative pitch.)
The pitch, especially in younger orchestras, will tend to drift slightly. The player has to rely on this new external pitch, not the internal pitches that they remember through perfect pitch.
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