tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post110866297343231762..comments2023-10-08T08:38:09.714-04:00Comments on Musical Perceptions: Is Perfection Teachable?Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-80580984750198538722008-02-16T21:40:00.000-05:002008-02-16T21:40:00.000-05:00Even if you learn perfect pitch, what is its tunin...Even if you learn perfect pitch, what is its tuning? 12-et, 1/4-comma meantone, Pythagorean? If an Thai renat performer has perfect pitch, is it in 7-et?<BR/><BR/>Imagine for a moment that a new musical instrument enabled tuning to vary along a wide continuum that enbraced all of the West's historically-important tunings and many non-Western tunings, thereby enabling new musical effects such as polyphonic pitch bends, new chord progressions, and temperament modulations. In such a system, only the tonic would have a stable pitch; all of the other notes' pitches would change as the tuning changed. The intervals between these notes would change, too, but the relationships among the intervals would not change.<BR/><BR/>What good does perfect pitch do you then?JimPlamondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09369224973365121846noreply@blogger.com