To: "'vocalist'" <vocalist>
Subject: Perfect Pitch was: Arias Transposed
Date sent: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 07:45:22 -0600
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Fiona,
May I ask you a question about your last sentence where you
indicate that you are "pitch sensitive".
Can you tell us about your perfect pitch & relative pitch senses?
In what aural sense do you interpret the key signature of a piece
or a specific note? Do you hear sounds in the form of a color
spectrum or is it in another form? Is this sensation of an innate
nature (that you were born with it & cultivated it as you grew)?
Or did you start from "point a" & through teaching & training &
lessons attained a proficient/professional level of both perfect &
relative pitch. I'm just curious because your final remark really
intrigued me. It's most interesting.

Thanks



---Original Message-----
>From: Fiona Chow
>Subject: Re: Arias Transposed
>Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 2:36 AM
>
>
> To me, transposing an aria to a key in which it is hardly heard
>performed, will change the nature of the aria, and change the sound and
>colour. This does not mean arias shouldn't be tranposed - but since
they
>are not often heard in other keys, it gives a little "shock" to people
like
>me who are um, a little more pitch sensitive.....