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From: lowj_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John Alan Low)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: What is perfect pitch?
Summary: Can be learned
Message-ID: <4347@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 3 Dec 89 22:11:45 GMT
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Reply-To: lowj_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John Alan Low, aka "Travis" Low)
Organization: University of Rochester
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In article <2698@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca> king@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Stephen King) writes:
>I recently saw a magazine advertisement which claimed that perfect pitch
>could be learned. I would like to improve my sense of pitch, yet am
>skeptical of advertising claims and would like to find out if anyone has had
>success with do-it-yourself pitch training before I part with my $85. 

     I improved my pitch with the following method:
     Every day when I came home from work, I would immediately sing a middle
     C, or my best try at one. Then I would play it on the piano, sing the 
     correct note, then sort of "let it sink in" for a while. I would not
     listen to or play any music for this brief period. 
     After about a year (I didn't say this would be quick), I was able to 
     hit it within, say, an eighth of a tone. 

     I think almost anyone can acquire perfect pitch by similar methods. After
     all, we can all look at a group of words and hear the sounds which they
     represent. Since pitch is a non-distinctive feature of English, the task
     of improving pitch is not as easy for native English speakers as it might
     be for speakers of tonal languages, but I believe that for most people,
     it is possible.   

     Oh, and if I wasn't clear enough : IMHO, save your money.

----Travis

Ich suche die Leidenschaft, die keine Leiden schafft.


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