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Re: perfect pitch

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: perfect pitch
From: David Taylor <dtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:05:41 +0100
In-reply-to: <003501c0f968$b1056650$0100a8c0@gandalf>
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In message <003501c0f968$b1056650$0100a8c0@gandalf>, Phil Kingsbury
<phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>We've found that my eldest son has perfect pitch, so much so that he can
>tell if we detune the electronic piano away from its normal settings. When
>asked to sing intervals during his piano lesson, when the teacher played a
>note and asked him to sing a 5th above he just said "G".
>
>As to where he got it from, while both Eve and I are fairly musical, neither
>of us can come anywhere near this. However, he is also a very gifted
>mathematician, and his school think that this is related.

I know a number of Mathematicians (probably count as 'very gifted') who
are also Musicians. As far as I know, none of them have perfect pitch,
although the incidence of not-bad-pitch is higher than average. My pitch
certainly falls into this category!

Dave

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References:
- Re: perfect pitch
  - From: Solo Cornet
- Re: perfect pitch
  - From: Phil Kingsbury

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