[Harp-L] Perfect Pitch

[BassHarp <bassharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that what Chris Michalek is telling us is that he has good 
"relative pitch", as most musicians do, rather than "perfect pitch". 
Many people have good relative pitch, which simply means that it is 
possible for them to stay in pitch when vocalizing, once a key is set, 
rather than wandering all over, which describes someone with "tin ear" 
tendencies.

Perfect pitch, in its purest sense, simply means that a person can 
identify any "in tune" note heard, as being a particular frequency, thus 
a C, C#, D, etc. They can also vocalize any given note without having a 
reference note sounded on an instrument. This then becomes a curse to 
many with that ability when they try to sing, reading a score, in a key 
other than what the score indicates. This would also be the case if they 
are playing harmonica, or any instrument, in a key other than what is on 
the chart (transposing). They truly suffer in this instance.

Danny

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