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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.music.classical,net.music
Subject: Re: Tone deafness AND absolute pitch
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Date: Thu, 3-May-84 19:36:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  3 19:36:31 1984
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> Any normal functioning person can learn to discriminate
> tones, and improve. Musically trained persons are usually
> better than lay persons.
> Even "absolute pitch" perception, which is the ability
> to identify the pitch of a given tone without hearing
> a reference tone of known pitch, has been shown to
> be due to early childhood training.
> Thus, if you think you are tone deaf, and want to change
> the best thing to do is to listen to a lot of music
> and PAY ATTENTION while you are doing it.
> 
> Herman Silbiger CGE

I have some questions about absolute pitch.  I agree with Mr. Silbiger
that it can be an acquired ability.  The way I acquired it was to memorize
the sound of C, and then work from there?  Do others who have absolute
pitch find that they go "out of tune".  I find that my C can be (up to) a
semitone out of tune, though it is usually only a few cents off.  Are there
factors that cause you to slip "out of tune"?

P.S.  WHY THE SNIT WAS THIS ARTICLE NOT POSTED TO NET.MUSIC?!?!?!?!?  ONLY
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS CARE ABOUT SUCH THINGS?????
-- 
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"Oh, don't be such a baby!"	Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr