Re: [Harp-L] RE: Tone-deaf?

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's another one on there, it's a pitch test. That is the tone-deaf test. They play two pitches, you gotta say which is higher or lower. Starts out about 40 hertz different (Pitches are around 500 hertz, maybe somebody can chime in with cents=hertz approx. at that frequency and you keep getting closer each time, say you get to 15 hertz difference get em all, it'll take you 10 hertz, then six, then five hertz, but if you miss one, it takes you back down, say if get 15 hertz pitch wrong, it'll take you back to 20 hertz. The farthest I got was 0.75 Hertz. That was HARD! At around 1.75 hertz, I really could tell no difference by ear, I had to let my subconsious take over,  knod my head up as the pitch was played, replayed it and moved my head down and and see which felt more right. That actually worked on 1.5 hertz, 1.25 hertz, but when I got down to 0.75 hertz, it was hopeless.
It's a really fun exercise. 

Dave
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----- Original Message ----
From: Derwood Blues <Derwood.Blues@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:35:58 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] RE: Tone-deaf?

I took it and got 70%. Ignoring my bitterness and denial, it seemed to me to
be testing your memory more than your tone deafness. I can hear my wife's
tone deafness every Sunday morning.

On a second note, anyone in the Upper Dublin, PA area looking for a Jam in
June let me know. I am having my second annual 40th b-day jam. I have some
friends coming with much better sense of tone than me.

Derwood
derwood.blues@xxxxxxxxx
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