Subj : Re: The Musicmaster visit
To   : Allen Prunty
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Apr 18 2017 21:24:02

Allen,

 AP@> In the music community it is called "Pitch Perfect" performance.  As a
 AP@> musician myself I have a very trained ear and I did not detect any of
 AP@> the noticeable "digitializations" that Autotune leaves in the
 AP@> voiceovers.

  I remember back from my days in singing in choirs in church, high school,
and college, of how they tried to get folks to "stay on pitch". On rainy days,
one had a tendency to go "flat" (starting in the prescribed key, but ended up
going lower, as the piece went on...usually more pronounced when the piece was
done a cappella (no musical accompaniment). I did sing in one group, where the
piece started in B-flat major...and by the time we were done, we had SHARPED
it, and finished in D-major!!

  On a personal note, I originally couldn't hit a tone in a bucket in choir
in high school. The choral director and fellow members were so helpful...and,
by the Grace Of God, by the end of the year, I got the award for "Most Improved
Chorus Student". I could sight read a piece of choral music that I had never
seen before...plus, you could play a note on a piano, and without looking, I
would duplicate what you played. And, I've had no formal ear training
whatsoever.
In fact, one church choir director commented "Who needs a pitch pipe, when you
have got Daryl in here??". :) 

  However, the term "perfect pitch" is a bit misleading. Being able to
ecognize
whether you're on key or not (especially with a cappella music, which is the
rule with 4 part barbershop or beautyshop quartet singing), is more like "pitch
recognition". The term "perfect pitch" is like saying "this note has 411
vibrations per second, this one has 412, etc.". I think "Middle C" is at 440.

Daryl

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