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Re: The climb of absolute pitch

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From: Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:19:28 +0000
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Maybe it's the world that has changed and not you - it got lower (i.e., darker, sadder)

Brian Gygi, Ph.D.

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From: Pierre Divenyi [mailto:pdivenyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:10 AM
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Subject: The climb of absolute pitch

Hi,

Several older persons who have had absolute pitch in their young years experience perceiving a pitch by at least a half-tone (minor second) higher than what it actually is ? a phenomenon that the French calls the "climb of the tuning fork" ("montee du diapason"). Since I am one of those unfortunate individuals, I have been wondering what its physiological explanation is. Can anyone on the list offer one?

-Pierre Divenyi

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