Author: Loree BF51
Date: 2012-06-15 00:37
You're just the kind of person I like to reply to! I am also taking fixed Do solfege lessons (self-inflicted!), but I do have perfect pitch. However, I don't think I ever insisted, that others, especially in woodwind quintet playing, adjust their pitch to mine, unless of course, it was on the low C-sharp! It was usually much easier for me to adjust to them. There's an interesting story about a conversation between Ray Still and the late conductor, Istvan Kertesz. Already, Ray had a great deal of respect for Kertesz, so when Kertesz approached Ray after a rehearsal and asked him if he was playing a little on the low side, pitch-wise. Ray proceeded to explain that what happens during rehearsal and performances, the general pitch level of almost any orchestra starts going up as instruments, especially woodwinds, warmup and unlike most others, he was trying to do something about it. The very next rehearsal Kertesz was on the orchestra about letting the pitch go up. I was probably the first person in Chicago to hear (on the BBC world service) of Kertesz drowning in the sea of Israel. I just couldn't believe they would let such a man go swimming there, unattended and unprotected, in order to avoid like that happening. Regards.
R. Still former student
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