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The perfect pitch

[chinupkid]

How do systems such as just intonation, mean-tone and so on, sound to those superior musicians blessed with perfect pitch? I only wonder, since 12-tone ET came rather late. How do they feel about mean-tone temperment, or just intonation? I assume 'perfect pitch' corresponds only to the twelve notes of the modern piano keyboard. Doesn't everything else just sound out of tune, then? Seems more of a handicap to me than, say, absolute pitch.

Anyway, most music today seems to be more about rhythmic congruence, rather than perfect pitch matching. Most of the DJ's I listen to now don't seem to care much about whether 'this' melody falls into the key of 'that' harmony.

I prefer frequencies up above 10k anyway, and I don't think they teach alot of that in French conservatories. Too bad, since that would probably make a lot of academic music, where PP still seems to serve minor purpose, a lot more interesting.

Oh well, sorry about the rant, just can't help thinking since PP kinda ruined my ability to enjoy music over the years. Maybe that's why I combine so many frequencies in my music, which is more often than not described to me as perversion of harmony, rhythm and noise.

This post has been edited by chinupkid: Wed 12 Oct 2005, 20:37