Dave,
If your new voice student wants to learn a perfect
pitch system, then let him/her.
However, some things to note:
No 'perfect pitch' singer has ever sung in tune: they
always sing a flat, strange but true. It's because
they can only 'hear' the centre of the note, and if
you're a singer, you need to hear the buzz above and
below to make an intune note!
If you have 'perfect pitch' then seeing music that's
being played in a different key will do your head in!!
Very hard for perfect pitchers who happen to be
accompanists to transpose at sight!!
All musicians I've ever met have relative pitch: I
don't know who it was on the vocalist who said about
finding out what the note was instincively and calling
that relative pitch: it isn't you know. Perfect pitch
is not a gift, just a learning thing!
If you put a student in a room for a week and played C
major over and over, the student wouldn't forget it,
and would have, if you, like perfect pitch. To say
you're born with it, as is said is also rubbish, as
then there must be lots of people who don't recognise
they have it, and still sing like next door's dog!!!
What's more important if you're a singer is to sing
well and interestingly: beauty of tone etc. No one
gives a monkey's if you've got perfect pitch or not.
It's generally a hinderance rather than a help:
Ian Voice wrecker (and possessor of perfect pitch!
to the stars!
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