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From: mrn@eplunix.UUCP (Mark R. Nilsen)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Perfect Pitch
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Date: 19 Mar 91 17:39:18 GMT
Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA
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> difference. A slightly more relevant case: many classical tapes are
> recorded to play back at a slightly higher pitch than recorded. This
> is supposed to give the music a 'brighter' tone. I think this is really
> ridiculous because a) if you don't have perfect pitch, how can you tell?
> and b) if you do have perfect pitch and you know the piece, it's
> annoying to listen to something being played a semitone higher than
> it's supposed to be.

I have been using that technique for several years. Whenever I
record a piece of music on my 4 track I use the pitch control on
mix-down to take things up about 1/4 step. The first time I used it it
was an accident, but I liked the result so much I kept doing it.

On another related note,  I have found that tunning an accoustic
guitar to a resonance is better than tunning to A 440 (IMHO).  I get
a referance pitch to tune my classical guitar by hitting the top of it. 
I'm sure I wouldn't be doing that if I had perfect pitch.

--Mark.
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