Absolute Pitch-Class (Martin Braun )

Subject: Absolute Pitch-Class
From:    Martin Braun  <nombraun(at)POST.NETLINK.SE>
Date:    Thu, 10 May 2001 12:00:34 +0200

Kevin Austin wrote:

"Maybe ..... , the 'correct' term would be Absolute Pitch-Class."

Yes. This term, however, didn't have a chance, because it is longer and
"pitch class" is less widely known than "pitch". A short and correct term
would have been "absolute chroma", but this had no chance either, because
chroma (= pitch class) is unknown in the general public.

Martin


----- Original Message -----
From: KEVIN AUSTIN <KAUSTIN(at)VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA>
To: <AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:46 PM
Subject: AP of 5, rather than 12 (!)