Subject: Re: The climb of absolute pitch From: Leon van Noorden <leonvannoorden@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:25:50 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Boundary_(ID_yc1X73a+f+pvqjozlyT3HA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Brian, So for the optimists it should go down. I believe that Diana has found that in some cases indeed it goes down. I my case it has gone up one step of the the scale. However, I am not a real pessimist. Leon On 30 Nov 2012, at 10:19, Brian Gygi wrote: > Maybe it's the world that has changed and not you - it got lower (i.e., darker, sadder) > > Brian Gygi, Ph.D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Divenyi [mailto:pdivenyi@xxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:10 AM > To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx > 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 --Boundary_(ID_yc1X73a+f+pvqjozlyT3HA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div>Brian,</div><div><br></div>So for the optimists it should go = down.<div>I believe that Diana has found that in some cases indeed it = goes down.</div><div>I my case it has gone up one step of the the scale. = However, I am not a real = pessimist.</div><div><br></div><div>Leon</div><div><br><div><div>On 30 = Nov 2012, at 10:19, Brian Gygi wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Maybe it's = the world that has changed and not you - it got lower (i.e., darker, = sadder)<br><div><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> </font></div> Brian Gygi, Ph.D.<div><font color=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Verdana" = size=3D"2"></font> </div> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: = #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font face=3D"Tahoma" = size=3D"2">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Pierre Divenyi = [mailto:pdivenyi@xxxxxxxx<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November = 29, 2012 11:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a = href=3D"mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx">AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx</a><br><= b>Subject:</b> The climb of absolute pitch<br><br></font><table = id=3D"201179" border=3D"0" height=3D"400" width=3D"100%"><tbody><tr><td = valign=3D"top" width=3D"100%"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>-Pierre Divenyi</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_yc1X73a+f+pvqjozlyT3HA)--