Pitch

[TrumpetAdam]

How important is singing and pitch recognition? and what about relative pitch and perfect pitch? I feel that I could improve a lot by learning these things, I just want some opinions...
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Adam Zwebti
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Bach Stradivarius 37
Schilke 14
my trumpet
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[thelurker]

your ear can never be good enough....

where ever your ear goes your playing will follow

[ This Message was edited by: thelurker on 2003-08-27 17:16 ]

[fuzzyjon79]

Perfect pitch.. in my opinion... can't be learned.... I'm really not sure if people with perfect pitch are born with it, or they develop it at a very very early age. I went to college with a guy who had perfect pitch... you could go hit a bunch of piano keys and he could tell you every single key you played... you can develop very good relative pitch though and it never hurts to work on it. Like someone stated above.....whatever your ear hears... your playing will follow. So to answer your question... YES, pitch is very important. Just because you might not have perfect pitch, doesn't mean you can't train your ear to listen very well.

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Houston, TX
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[ This Message was edited by: fuzzyjon79 on 2003-08-27 17:21 ]

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[trumpetmike]

I think relative pitch is a very useful attribute to have. If you can hear how the music will sound before you play the notes, that is a great help.
Perfect pitch is a very odd thing when it comes to trumpet players. In some ways it is a useful tool – you know exactly what a piece should sound like and can hear every note in your head before you play it. On the other hand, you will see a C and have to convince your brain that it might not be a C, depending upon which instrument you are playing on.