Comments on: The Names of Things http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/the-names-of-things/ Composer and Teacher Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: m. keiser http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/the-names-of-things/#comment-141 m. keiser Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:25:14 +0000 http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/154#comment-141 im the same way as patti, if its played on a piano i can figure it out or get very close pretty easily, but on another instrument like a trombone or guitar i get confused. im the same way as patti, if its played on a piano i can figure it out or get very close pretty easily, but on another instrument like a trombone or guitar i get confused.

]]> By: Michael Kaulkin http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/the-names-of-things/#comment-140 Michael Kaulkin Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:11:16 +0000 http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/154#comment-140 Thanks, Frank. <a href="mailto:mk@kaulkin.com" rel="nofollow">Drop me a line</a>, by the way. There's no way to reach you via your web site. We have much in common. Folks, allow me to comment on <a href ="http://narcissisticplate.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-cant-even-remember-where-my-keys-are.html" rel="nofollow">another recent post</a> of Frank's. This one's about the notion of "perfect pitch". My comment: First of all, the only thing that really matters when you're trying to read music is <i>relative pitch</i>. If you're in a chorus, sight-reading off a score in C minor, and the accompanist is asked to transpose it down to A minor, "perfect pitch" isn't worth a damn. I'm tellin' ya... <i>relative pitch</i>. Take it from a Kod Thanks, Frank. Drop me a line, by the way. There’s no way to reach you via your web site. We have much in common.

Folks, allow me to comment on another recent post of Frank’s. This one’s about the notion of “perfect pitch”.

My comment: First of all, the only thing that really matters when you’re trying to read music is relative pitch. If you’re in a chorus, sight-reading off a score in C minor, and the accompanist is asked to transpose it down to A minor, “perfect pitch” isn’t worth a damn. I’m tellin’ ya… relative pitch. Take it from a Kod

]]> By: Frank Pesci http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/the-names-of-things/#comment-139 Frank Pesci Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:22:42 +0000 http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/154#comment-139 Michael, Thanks for reading! I appreciate your interest in my little blog! I did know about the Germans and their H. I did not about Central Europe. Thanks also for your suggestion about the relative key relationship, which is a good point. I'll be talking about some other theories that I have found in future posts, but the main point is that it's very hard to find a definitive answer. Michael,
Thanks for reading! I appreciate your interest in my little blog!
I did know about the Germans and their H. I did not about Central Europe. Thanks also for your suggestion about the relative key relationship, which is a good point. I’ll be talking about some other theories that I have found in future posts, but the main point is that it’s very hard to find a definitive answer.

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