Jeremey  McMillan <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Does anyone on this list have perfect pitch? I want to know if it serves
>as a good advantage.  I heard a lot of good and bad things about who use
>perfect pitch only but don't use relative pitch.

I have it and I find that its disadvantages are dwarfed by its advantages.
For example, it's nice to be able to say 'aha, now we've reached the
dominant' in the middle of a lengthy development section.

About the only thing that I find irritating is listening to music played
at A=415 or whatever while trying to read a score.

Then again, my pitch is not perfectly perfect; if I hear an A in isolation
that's 25 cents sharp, I'll just think it's an A, not a slightly sharp A.
So a cappella singing that drifts a little bit doesn't bug me, as it does
some people.

There's a bit more information on my web page at:

   http://www.dfan.org/pitch.html

Dan Schmidt | http://www.dfan.org