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Post by alexandra95 on Jun 11, 2012 12:07:40 GMT -6
Hey everyone!
We all know about the "perfect pitch" and that Emily has perfect pitch.
But beside the perfcet pitch it also exist the relative pitch.
I have perfect pitch and can name and memorize any note, Chords etc... after hearing it once. and can play it direktly on the piano (or sing it first and than play.) That sounds great but i have to say that its sometimes terrible then i hear every single note when it is out of tune and i mean only a liiitle bit out of tune...o.O
Now i want to ask you:
have you perfect or relative pitch?
Greetings from Germany,
Alexandra
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Post by * Sunflower_Farah* on Jun 11, 2012 12:24:34 GMT -6
I have to use the piano to know, so is that a relative pitch ?
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Post by Trini on Jun 11, 2012 12:25:56 GMT -6
I have stinkin' good relative pitch.
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Post by * Sunflower_Farah* on Jun 11, 2012 12:32:33 GMT -6
Hahaha, I think I have no pitch AT ALL! How do I know if I have a pitch or not ? If I don't have pitch, I'll get one by playing the piano more, right?
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Post by alexandra95 on Jun 11, 2012 12:39:45 GMT -6
you can train your pitch! perfect pitch is something you born with and relative pitch can you train! just try and listen a lot!
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Post by petee on Jun 11, 2012 14:58:29 GMT -6
... em ... uh ... hm ... I ... Who has my pitch? Confess voluntarily! Petee
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Post by soccer8sarah on Jun 12, 2012 4:36:47 GMT -6
Haha, I don't have perfect pitch (as far as I know) but I can sing a note before I play it, just by remembering what it sounds like. Also, it can really bother me when I hear a song in a different key than it should be in.
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Post by soccer8sarah on Jun 12, 2012 4:42:16 GMT -6
Also, I used to play the alto sax, so when my music said to play a G I kept hearing a Bb. Hahaha.
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Post by Trini on Jun 12, 2012 11:18:10 GMT -6
Same here, Sarah! I did accompaniment for a friend who plays alto sax, and I kept trying to follow his line of music along with my two staves, and I kept hearing the wrong notes from him! It drive me CRAZY.
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Post by soccer8sarah on Jun 12, 2012 12:19:05 GMT -6
Yeah, whoever decided that all instruments should be in different keys was not really thinking of how it would affect people with perfect pitch!
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Post by seirie on Jun 13, 2012 15:23:03 GMT -6
Alexandra, I find it fascinating that you have perfect pitch (of course sometimes it's not so great for the reasons you mentioned ). The topic of perfect or absolute pitch has always fascinated me since I first found out that there is such a thing. I myself don't have perfect pitch and only OK relative pitch Alexandra, maybe you could then transcribe Emily's songs that aren't made into sheet musics yet (ex. Diversity) for us?? Haha, I kid of course : P
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Post by soccer8sarah on Jun 13, 2012 16:27:18 GMT -6
I've always wanteed to mention the book Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks on this forum, and I guess this is probably the most appropriate place. Finally I get to tell you about this book! So Oliver Sacks is a neuroscientist, so the entire book is about music and it's affects on the brain. I won't give away too much in case you want to read it, but there is an entire chapter on perfect pitch called "Papa Blows His Nose in G" which is where I first heard about perfect pitch. It says: "People with absolute pitch can immediately, unthinkingly tell the pitch of any note, without either reflection or comperision with and external standard... For most of us, such an ability to recognize an exact pitch seems uncanny... but for those who are born with absolute pitch, it seems perfectly normal." The entire book was really interesting also, but that chapter was really awesome. There are also chapters on things like music imagery, songs that get stuck in your head, and synesthesia. Overall, it was probably one of my favorite books. If you ever have the chance to read it, please do!
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Post by seirie on Jun 13, 2012 19:32:47 GMT -6
Sarah, I read that book for a writing project last year! It was really interesting indeed. If I'm not mistaken isn't there a story of a lady who is really bothered by the sound of music and the guy who suddenly wanted to play classical music after he got struck by lightning?
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Post by soccer8sarah on Jun 13, 2012 19:52:36 GMT -6
Yes! That's the one! It was really interesting. I learned a bunch of stuff from it. I didn't realize until I read this book that not everyone could listen to an orchestra in their head or remember a song in the right pitch. I've read a lot more books by Oliver Sacks now, and their all pretty interesting but Musicophilia was deffinetly the best one.
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Post by Dieter on Jun 16, 2012 2:17:56 GMT -6
... em ... uh ... hm ... I ... Who has my pitch? Confess voluntarily! Petee Lol, you're talking of me? Well, there was a time when I did a lot of music, when I had no problems identifying pitch by listening, but unfortunately if you don't train that you may lose it, like I did But well, noone's perfect ;D Dieter
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