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Bob
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Suzuki linked to perfect pitch? [Bob asks]
on: April 04, 2004, 02:39:13 AM
One of the posts around here mentioned Suzuki teaching and perfect pitch, so I'm wondering...
Are children who learn music through the Suzuki method more likely to develop perfect pitch?
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bernhard
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Re: Suzuki linked to perfect pitch?
Reply #1 on: April 04, 2004, 02:47:51 AM
I doubt it.
What will develop perfect pitch (even in adults) is to always play in a perfectly tuned instrument. (that makes sense , does it not?)
I believe that in this respect digital pianos are a very good idea since they are always tuned.
Most of my practice is done on a digital piano (otherwise the neighbours would kill me), and since I got one, and started using it with regularity instead of th enoraml piano, I developed perfect pitch. (I always had excellent relative pitch).
To the point where if I play on a piano that is relatively out of tune (that is, the piano is properly tuned but not to A=440) I start making amazing mistakes because what I am playing does not correpsond to the sound I am producing.
Susuki method will however produce a superlative relative pitch (which is the important one anyway). Of course, the SUsuki method coupled with a perfeclty tuned intrument will produce perfect pitch (my belief).
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