Re: Pitch Memory

[Don Hill <donhill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rebecca,

You wrote:

>Regarding the pitch memory process... (snip) ...
>Also, people tend to do a lot of things
>easily (math, swimming,...) until they get the idea that they are
>supposed to be hard. Pitch memory is just one of these things.

A personal anecdote: many, many years ago, I sang one of the principal
roles in a G&S operetta; a modest production, only a piano accompaniment; I
was fourteen.

One of the ditty's required a key-pitch prompt before my big solo.  During
the opening night performance, I didn't wait for the prompt and launched
into the song.  To the accompanist's amazement, I was in perfect pitch -
the piano and chorus joined in without a bump.

After the show, the accompanist spoke a great deal of my 'talent.' I recall
being unimpressed with myself, simply because we had rehearsed the piece so
many times. Why wouldn't I remember the correct pitch?

Ah...blissful youth.

Cordially,

Don Hill
donhill@wimsey.com