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That's exactly how I was trained. The first step is always sight-singing. The teacher gave me a drone note (for example an A4), and I sang according to a sheet
by powersnail 6y ago
That's exactly how I was trained.
The first step is always sight-singing. The teacher gave me a drone note (for example an A4), and I sang according to a sheet music. Not necessarily a triad, though.
Then, it's the other way around, where the teacher played on a piano, and I tried to figure out the note.
- kelnos 6y ago> The first step is always sight-singing. The teacher gave me a drone note (for example an A4), and I sang according to a sheet music. That's a demonstration of relative pitch, not absolute/perfect pitch. > the teacher played on a piano, and I tried to figure out the note. It makes sense that you'd be able to retain it for a little bit, but could you, say, walk into your lesson, cold from the prior week, and immediately the teacher hits a note, and you identify it, without practicing first?
- powersnail 6y agoOh of course it’s just relative pitch. But a good relative pitch is really what playing music needs. I can; but that’s not because I have perfect pitch. I remember A4 (440 Hz) because I tune a violin daily. But compared with the real perfect pitch, my recall quickly fades in a few days if not practiced.