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Thread #21229 Message #632765
Posted By: Deckman
22-Jan-02 - 02:02 AM
Thread Name: Wondering: Is Perfect Pitch Common?
Subject: RE: Wondering: Is Perfect Pitch Common?
Another story, hopefully enjoyable, about my late friend Lauren and his perfect pitch. Where we grew up, it was expected that we would sing in the local Presbyterian Church choir. The fact that his Mother was the choir director had something to do with it. So we would dutifully show up Wednesday nights for choir rehersals, and every darned Sunday. It went fine until the Summer we discovered the music of Dave Brubeck ... and his flatted sixths! Lauren and I had more fun than wheels, listening to jazz, scoring all our music in these new jazz chords. The END CAME when finally we couldn't restrain ourselves, and sang the final "AMEN CHORUS" in a full volume, with a flatted sixth. It works, still sounds good to me today, but it shook the rafters of that little church something fierce!. Lauren's Mother, the choir director, knew instantly where to look. As I glared at the person standing on my left, and Lauren looked to the person standing on his right, we both knew we were in deep kaka!. For some reason, we were never allowed to sing in the choir again! CHEERS, Bob