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From: gangal@petsd.UUCP (Dept 3271)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Speeding up turntables (recordings)
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 16:03:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 16:03:46 1985
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Reply-To: gangal@petsd.UUCP (Dan Masi)
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In article <1261@hound.UUCP> rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) writes:
>I believe I recall two answers to the question how many people have perfect
>pitch. In inverse order of usefulness:
>1. I recall about 1 in 1000.
>2. I recall: Well, how do you define "perfect pitch"? Accurate to tell one
>note from another on a piano? More than you would think. More than answer
>1. And, besides, there is some evidence it can be taught rather than only
>acquired thru the genes.

While I was avidly playing musical instruments some 5 yrs. ago, I
developed "perfect pitch" (which as I understand it is the ability
to identify a pitch, or given a value such as "A-flat", to
produce the corresponding pitch).  I doubt that I can still do
it.  There is something called "relative pitch", which is the
ability to identify any note given a known "reference" note.  This
is a much more common ability.

Dan Masi