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Jeremey McMillan asks:
>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've got perfect pitch, but I also have good relative pitch. The problem
is that I grew up with a piano that was about a half step flat, so I
learned a different set of pitches the first few years of my life. Even
today, when I read a score or play a piece back in my head, I find that I
gravitate toward the flatter pitches.
The advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages. It helps that my
choir, for the most part, doesn't have it; I've been able to transpose
entire choral works at the piano with few choir members noticing any
difference except that suddenly they find it easier to sing.
- seb
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