The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139434   Message #3198656
Posted By: Richard Bridge
30-Jul-11 - 04:46 PM
Thread Name: Perfect Pitch
Subject: RE: Perfect Pitch
So how did Peggy Seeger know whether the singer was singing in modern concert (A=440) or medieval concert (A=415 - rear as dammit a semitone flat)? Perfect memory of a particular pitch I can accept at a push. "Perfect Pitch" makes no sense.