How does it work in your mind? Can you explain it? Is it like memorizing frequencies or something?
2007-10-19 16:31:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
I had a voice teacher AND a piano teacher who both had perfect pitch; the voice teacher told me when I asked that it's like knowing what color something is. Nobody has to tell you what red or blue or green is - you just KNOW. Same with pitches - you KNOW what "C" sounds like, and you know if you're hearing something else instead.
2007-10-19 16:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have perfect pitch, and always thought it would be great if I did ,until a music teacher who has it, told me it's a curse--every tune sounds off -key unless it's spot on to 'his' pitch. The best advice I received was to get to know the normal frequency of your relaxed, open, ahhhh note and see which piano note it's closest to. This is your note. With a little practice, you can call it up at will and say " that's D3". Happy tunes!
2007-10-19 23:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm, interesting question. I'm not quite sure, but it just feels, well, "right", you know? Like when you hit the write pitch, it feels normal. I'm not really sure how to explain it. If you don't know the pitch, you can always buy one of those circular things that you set the pitch and when you need to know a pitch you blow into it (sorry, i forget what these are called!). Hope this helps!
2007-10-19 23:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by i_luv_flip_phones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A classmate of mine has perfect pitch, as do two or three of my professors. I don't have perfect pitch, but I go crazy from the good "ears" I do have (I can tell exactly when an ensemble goes sharp or flat, among other things). I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch; I'd probably snap.
2007-10-19 23:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by Muse - Viktor's Mommy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOOK ON THE INTERNET SEARCH FOR EXPLANATIONS TOO. MUSIC IS COMPRISED OF DIFFERENT SOUNDS OR NOTES. NOTES CAN BE HIGH NOTES OR LOW NOTES. A PIANO , IF TUNED BY A PERSON WITH PERFECT PITCH , IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SOUNDS AS THEY SHOULD BE. THERE ARE SOUNDS BETWEEN SOUNDS CALLED SHARPS AND FLATS.EACH INSTRUMENT HAS A UNIQUE SOUND YET THE NOTES ARE STAY THE SAME. VISIT A MUSIC STORE AND TALK WITH THEM OR CALL A PIANO TUNER AND TALK WITH HIM OR HER. EACH TUNE HAS A MELODY WHICH IDENTIFY IT AS A PARTICULAR SONG. A SOUND IS A FREQUENCY. BLIND PEOPLE TEND TO HAVE PERFECT PITCH.
2007-10-19 23:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by woolly worm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've never had perfect pitch but at one point I was able to distinguish different pitches, the way i would do it was that i new what pitch my standard hum was ( a D ) and then count from there. with this i was fairly accurate.
2007-10-19 23:37:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Embarrassing when a music teacher can pick you out of some 1600 plus students, pitch controls the octaves in your voice
if you have no pitch your voice will not be controlled and you will not be able to progress through them.
2007-10-19 23:36:21 · answer #7 · answered by kymm r 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It feels like frustrating. You always know where A-440 is, but no one else seems too. Why can't they learn? Seems so easy to one with perfect pitch.
2007-10-19 23:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by onyourtoesfan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i've always wondered
2007-10-19 23:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by tbone071black 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋