Absolute pitch isn't as helpful as many people think...
Really - you don't think so? I have a memory like no other when it comes to music thanks to my perfect pitch. I can remember sheet music and recall and play it from memory...I can play pieces not touched for years...Perfect Pitch is great!
As for the original topic:From the top of my head:AndsnesHamelinRubinsteinSources: Interviews and wikipedia.Others can help complete this list.
Perfect pitch is when you hear a note, and you know if it is even slightly out of tune. A police siren in the street, a child screaming, a bird singing etc etc. If you have perfect pitch if any of these are even slightly off within your frame of reference (ie A at 440Hz) it will irritate you beyond belief.
I don't doubt you have perfect pitch, there is no way of telling over the internet, but if you think that being able to memorise music means you have it you are very much mistaken.
Rubenstein didn't have perfect pitch?! Amazing. I think it's overrated, as well. It gets in the way when you play on a baroque instrument or a piano that's a semitone out of tune. On the other hand, I think it does help with the memory some.
When developed properly, the benefits far outweigh the down sides... These bits about the pain of having to deal with out of tune instruments are mostly consolation for those without absolute pitch.
The piano has to be at least a half-tone (for me a whole tone) down or up to cause any havoc. But besides the circus tricks I did for my father when I was a kid, I still say the benefits are overrated. What drives me up the wall is when a violinist complains about the piano being 438 instead of 440...
There's also confusion about perfect pitch and sensitivity to out-of-tune playing. I'm not as sensitive to that as some people I know who don't have perfect pitch. Just a question of what one is used to listening out for. String players (well, good ones) are all dead fussy about tuning: pianists tend to be sloppy because it's not our job!As for playing at way different pitch, one can get used to it. I've played pianos well over a semitone flat, and violins up to a semitone sharp, with no real discomfort after the first few bars.
does Martha Argerich have it? Bruno Gelber does.
Hi, just to clarify: is this a list of people who do, or do not have perfect pitch? I know that Hamelin definitely does.
It is a list of concert pianist who have perfect pitch. Of course there are many more, I just can't remember others from the top of my head.
Ouch! He asked for pianist who doesn't have it...
At an outdoor chamber concert in Germany I was in the violin section and one of the pieces was the Marcello D minor oboe concerto accompanied by strings and harpsichord.During the second movement all of the strings noticed that, due to the extremely humid weather, the oboe was slowly getting sharper and sharper and the harpsichord was playing softer and softer. The orchestra slowly adjusted to the pitch alteration. However, the conductor, who had perfect pitch, was looking more worried as time went on even though the interpretation was sounding exceptionally inspired.Beginning with the third movement the harpsichord player had enough sense to stop playing and the conductor continued with strings and oboe. The end of the concerto was musically brilliant and the conclusion was followed by a standing ovation. Ted Kruzich