Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:14:50 -0700 From: "IronMan Mike Curtis" Subject: RE: [HarpTalk] key to the music highway
I don't usually crosspost, but I think this might be of general interest to both groups.
Stan writes:
> <... anyone have a simple method for keying songs?>
I'll gladly share my method.
I have perfect pitch.
Now before I get a lot of backtalk - there is a course for perfect pitch by David Lucas Burge. You've probably seen it advertised. and you're probably just as skeptical as I was.
But - it WORKS. I know a couple of guys who've actually developed perfect pitch using this course. And Burge himself developed perfect pitch.
I spoke with Burge (well, actually typed - it was via email). They offer a money back guarantee. They do get a few returns - something like 5%, which isn't much. Most of these are folks who just wanted to check it out.
I HIGHLY recommend perfect pitch. You have no idea how nice it is to hear EVERYTHING and INSTANTLY know what key it's in, the chord changes, and such.
You may have heard the old wives' tales about "the whole world being out of key" and such. These aren't worth the baloney they're wrapped in. They're always told by folks who don't have the ability, of course. We perfect pitch possessors grew up in the same world everyone else did. We simply adapt, just like everyone else. If anything, I think we tend to be MORE tolerant of off key music.
BTW - I'm not associated with Burge, nor do I get commissions, or anything like that. I just know that a lot of folks who have a musically tough go of things will find life much easier by developing perfect pitch. Besides, the more perfect pitch possessors there are, the better the whole music world will be. I'd like nothing better than to have a whole band of perfect pitch possessors. Especially the drummer.
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