Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!paul From: paul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Craig Paul) Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: What is perfect pitch? (Was re: New tunings) Message-ID: <18807@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 27 Nov 89 16:17:15 GMT Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 8 I would tend to distinguish between "perfect frequency" and "perfect interval". My "perfect interval" seems to have been calibrated/trained for equal temperment. This makes runs up and down justly intoned scales "grimacable", though I like "alternate" tunings very much. I have "nearly" perfect frequency, sometimes I'm a few cents flat, sometimes a few cents sharp. I have to refresh my internal A=440 reference by listening to WWV(H) or a "well tempered" synthesizer. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com