07-08-2008, 01:18 PM
And oh,
I have to add this, not to seem a self righteous snot. (or any more so than I already do.)
Perfect pitch is a gene. You have it or you don't. It's not a good thing in music, and doesn't make you musical. It simply makes you very sensitive to pitch. I can sing out a perfect "E" on prompting. Some people thing that's crazy, but no more crazy than knowing what "blue" is, which is the direct analogue. The main problem with it is that you can't play off tune, because it's completely screwed up, and it's important that all around you plays with equally good pitch. That is a bigger problem than you might think, really, and takes good instruments.
People don't believe it, but I swear by listening to an FM broadcast I can tell which way the wind is blowing. . .LOL. It's only by years of using power tools I've gotten myself to the point I can enjoy music again.
I have to add this, not to seem a self righteous snot. (or any more so than I already do.)
Perfect pitch is a gene. You have it or you don't. It's not a good thing in music, and doesn't make you musical. It simply makes you very sensitive to pitch. I can sing out a perfect "E" on prompting. Some people thing that's crazy, but no more crazy than knowing what "blue" is, which is the direct analogue. The main problem with it is that you can't play off tune, because it's completely screwed up, and it's important that all around you plays with equally good pitch. That is a bigger problem than you might think, really, and takes good instruments.
People don't believe it, but I swear by listening to an FM broadcast I can tell which way the wind is blowing. . .LOL. It's only by years of using power tools I've gotten myself to the point I can enjoy music again.