[Blindtlk] absolute pitch

[Mike Freeman]

I don't think it has anything to do with blindness per se; there are plenty 
of sighted people who also have "perfect pitch". Many more (both blind and 
sighted) have "relative pitch", that is, if given a note, they can sing the 
notes of a diatonic or pentatonic scale based upon that note with decent 
accuracy; this is often more useful, especially when singing in choral 
groups, than "absolute" or "perfect" pitch.

I think possession of the ability has more to do with musicality and ability 
with mathematics than it has to do with visual acuity. the most tone-deaf 
person I've ever known was a blind fellow.

In any event, we must be careful to note that what we're dealing with here 
is the ability to reproduce or recognize a note of a given frequency rather 
than what sol-fa note it is because this has as much to do with the tuning 
system used as it has to do with any so-called perfect scale.

Mike Freeman

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Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 10:55 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] absolute pitch


> Goes anyone have a theory as to why many blind people have perfect pitch?
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