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Thread #144054   Message #3328765
Posted By: GUEST,Nick Dow
25-Mar-12 - 04:55 PM
Thread Name: Singing unaccompanied-Maintaining Pitch
Subject: Singing unaccompanied-Maintaining Pitch
Film of Harry Cox cropped up on BBC 4 the other night. I recorded it and had a guitar handy (no change there then!) Out of curiosity I found his pitch (Bb) and tested him to see if he maintained it. By the end of the song he was still perfectly on pitch. Wonderful!
After 45 years singing, I stll slip down a tone when I sing without the Guitar. When I made 'A mark upon the earth' recording, I got Chris Pollington to play a pitch note in the headphones, to keep me bang on key. It has been a bug bear of mine for years. Even at age sixty I am still hopeful of cracking this one. Does anybody have any techniques to maintain perfect pitch.
Never too old to learn, and not too proud to ask.
Thanks
Nick