Perfect Pitch
I was reading a Guitar One magazine not too long ago (5 minutes) and I came across an interesting article/ad. Now, before I go any further, I will have to explain that music is a big part of my life, and (hopefully) always will be. I play the trombone and guitar and I love all brass instruments. I also hate all reed instruments.
Continuing on with my story.
I was reading a Guitar One magazine and I came across an interesting ad. It was an ear training "super course" called (obviously) The Perfect Pitch Ear Training Super Course. It claims that within 40 days, you will experience a dramatic advancement in your ear, your playing and singing and your enjoyment of music, or your money back. GUARANTEED!
Perfect pitch is a very interesting prospect for all musicians, and I was really intrigued by this. Of course, it is probably all a huge scam, but it would be interesting to try out.
www.perfectpitch.com
Let me know what you think.
Oh ya, I almost forgot to mention this:
Its $139.99.
Continuing on with my story.
I was reading a Guitar One magazine and I came across an interesting ad. It was an ear training "super course" called (obviously) The Perfect Pitch Ear Training Super Course. It claims that within 40 days, you will experience a dramatic advancement in your ear, your playing and singing and your enjoyment of music, or your money back. GUARANTEED!
Perfect pitch is a very interesting prospect for all musicians, and I was really intrigued by this. Of course, it is probably all a huge scam, but it would be interesting to try out.
www.perfectpitch.com
Let me know what you think.
Oh ya, I almost forgot to mention this:
Its $139.99.
Haha, well let me tell you, it's not that much of a scam. Now that don't actually guarantee you perfect pitch. I did a lot of ear training excercises for my Grade 10 piano RCM examinations and let me tell you there was a lot of ear training excercises involved. No perfect pitch required, but you needed to be able to tell several types of chords by listening (a lot more extensive than your major and minor stuff mind you), name intervals, as well as play back two part harmonies. They don't tell you on what note it starts. The only clue they give is the key and you figure it out from there.
Of course, I never did develop perfect pitch (or I'm sure I'd be flaunting it right now) but I did improve my listening abilities significantly. If you ever want to do something like that, you can just go to Sobers and pick up one of the ear training excercise tapes/cds. I'll guarantee it'll improve your ear if you work at it a bit.
Posted by
Charlie |
July 18, 2005 11:38 PM
I think spending $139 on this is probably a little bit of a waste (14 hours of work under the blazing sun!). I am not sure you can learn perfect pitch, because it is innate - relative pitch on the other hand is possible. As a singer I know that most of us have a natural pitch which we sing and it isn't usually a big deal to work out pitches, intervals etc. relative to that and pretty much fake perfect pitch.
Posted by
Rushan |
July 19, 2005 12:03 AM
Hate all reed instruments, eh? I will be practising my sax in the church on Wednesday morning.....you are in for a treat ;-)
Posted by
Rushan |
July 19, 2005 12:20 AM
I know $139 is a HUGEwaste, I was never even considering it, although I can't see why perfect pitch couldn't be learned. Maybe I'll just go back to looping C on my mp3 player and listening to it at night......;)
Posted by
Will |
July 19, 2005 12:23 AM
After a week of looping C on your MP3 player - I'm not sure you'll be up to anything at all, let along perfect pitch!!!! Intensive counselling and a straitjacket might be the order of the day!
Posted by
Rushan |
July 19, 2005 12:42 AM
@ Rushan
ROFLMFAO.... :/
Posted by
Charlie |
July 19, 2005 12:57 AM