perfect pitch

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does anyone here recommends the perfect pitch program by David Lucas Burge, or know of someone that has use it?

My ear training is not bad at all, but I want to go further in the development of my ear, I want to be able to recognize chord variations, what most of us call "jazz chords"
 
I bought the perfect pitch/relative pitch supercourse years ago before it came out on cd... The perfect pitch portion requires a partner to play notes for you while you try and identify their character. I didn't get very far with it, however, I did in fact hear the pitch color quality that he refers to. For most people, it will take at minimum one to two years to be able to identify pitch color of any instrument at any time.

I completed the relative pitch portion of the course (where you will learn about chords and their variants), and you begin to appreciate the benefits much sooner. It is also about the best introduction to music theory you will ever find, because you aren't reading about it, but memorizing how relationships of pitches sound and building your knowledge solely based on what your ear can pick up. You will also have a much more sensitive ear to tuning, and you will be able to take music out of your head and put it down on paper (he doesn't teach you how to read music, and you don't need to know how to read music to take the course. You would simply write down the notes you hear in your head).

I highly recommend it, however, it is quite time consuming. One of these days when I have some cash to blow I may get the cds and try the perfect pitch again.
 
Thanks a lot, Cyrokk, at first I was a little skeptical about the program, but I really want to improve my ear, so I guess I'll give a try and order it!!

I'll let you know how I'll be making any progress when I start!!
 
You don't need perfect pitch to recognize "jazz" chords; you just need really good relative pitch. Keep working on it, and you will get it. Buy a book called "The Advancing Guitarist" by Mick Goodrick. It is probably the best technique book for any instrument ever (and it doesn't even teach you technique). There are some very good ear training exercises in it.


Light

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I hate that dude...hes allways smiling...like a Morman waiting at the front door :eek: while Im hiding inside.
 
Perfect Pitch???


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I couldn't resist though....ya know? :D
 
Light has the right idea.

Perfect pitch is usually assoicated with recognizing correct tones without any reference. Someone with perfect pitch can walk on a stage and start singing, with no music, in the exact correct key.

Hearing music and knowing the chords that are played is somethat different. That usually boils down to first knowing chords, and then being able to listen for them and recognize what you heard.

Most major and minor chords are fairly easy for most. It gets more involved when more "jazzy" chords are used. That's were sometimes a more manual approach, involving knowing what notes make up each chord, can come in handy.

Ed
 
Thanks to all of you, for your advice!!

Light, I'll be checking that book, thanks!! But not discarting the perfect pitch program.

Thanks again
 
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