Potentially Learning Perfect Pitch Before Ear Training
Potentially Learning Perfect Pitch before Contextual Ear Training
Potentially Learning Perfect Pitch before Contextual Ear Training
Q: Although I am not in this category, & I have read the David Lucas Burge spiel on relative pitch vs perfect pitch, I am still a bit confused by this. I notice your site recommends your students starting with the perfect pitch course to then follow up with your relative pitch courses, Ear Training One Note Complete, Contextual Ear Training, etc. Would going through the perfect pitch course prior to Ear Training One Note Complete give one a disadvantage? Would it be more difficult? How would someone with perfect pitch even need these courses?
Thank you so much for any help you can give me. Have a great day!
A: Not sure where you read that but please let me know because it is the opposite of what we recommend. We recommend doing the Relative Pitch exercises first then the perfect pitch. I think especially for you you should start with the the books I recommended in my first email and again I have to raise my concerns about jumping into this without a few skype lessons or at least staying very closely in touch with me so
you don’t start doing anything the wrong way. Remember Relative Pitch and perfect pitch are to different tools that musicians use in different ways. If you just want to know what “one” note is that you hear then perfect pitch is fine but if you want to know what key you are in so that you can access scales to improvise or compose then relative pitch is much more important. Since most musicians are improvising at least on some level all the time as they play relative pitch is much more useful.
Best Regards,
Bruce
It is also recommended that you read Bruce Arnold’s Blog at his artist site. It contains more discussion of the musical topics found in these FAQs as well as other subjects of interest. You will also find the “Music Education Genealogy Chart” located here which shows you the historic significance of the music education products found on the Muse Eek Publishing Company Website.