Learn Perfect Pitch

 

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The Pure Pitch Method

In this article I'll show you how to achieve "Perfect Pitch" .

Here are the steps to learn it: First you need to be able to remember one particular pitch so that you always have a reference point. The next few paragraphs will talk about

"HOW TO LEARN ONE PARTICULAR PITCH."

DECIDE WHAT INSTRUMENT?

Decide which instrument you want to learn a pitch from (any instrument is fine, but choose the instrument that you play most often).

WHAT PITCH?

Decide what pitch you want to permanently remember. You must remember it perfectly in your own ear, and be able to identify this pitch anytime of the day or night. Choose the easiest note possible to learn; a note that you think you play the most often. If piano is your instrument, a good note to learn would be C (since "C" is in the middle of the staff). For Guitar I would learn your tuning note "E" and for Wind Instruments I would learn a "Concert Bb." Since I'm a trombonist, the first note I learned was a Bb. A good note to permanently memorize for string players would be an "A" since this is your tuning note.

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LEARN YOUR NOTE VERY DEEPLY

Go to your instrument and play the particular note over and over again (about 5-10 good times). Really get to know the sound of the note in every way. After that, leave your instrument for a few hours, do something else and try to remember that particular pitch in your head as you are going through your daily activities. A few hours later, go back to your instrument, play the note again, and see if you kept the right pitch in your head.

KEEP COMING BACK

This step is really important. You must keep coming back to your instrument a few times each day and play your special chosen note until it becomes permanently remembered in your mind. When coming back to your instrument, if you keep losing the pitch, don't worry. Sooner or later, your brain will remember the pitch if you keep trying. The ultimate goal is to see if the note you tried to keep in your head is the same as the note you played on your instrument. If it is, then you are getting closer to having PERFECT RELATIVE PITCH. Being able to recognize pitches (by ear alone) is an extremely helpful tool for those in the music fields (like performing, teaching, and arranging music). Learning relative pitch can ultimately lead you to do things like:

---Easily write down songs that are in your head.

---Immediately be able to mimic other people when they play something on their instrument.

---Instantly write down any music that an artist just played.

---Be able to perform as a guest in bands and always know what key they are in.

---For music teachers the possibilities are endless for possessing this skill.

After a few weeks of diligent practice, you will know your particular pitch so well, that I could call you at 3:00 in the morning and ask you to humm (or sing) your pitch (and you'd do it perfectly).

HOW TO GET PERFECT PITCH FROM RELATIVE PITCH (be able to name any pitch at lightning speed).

This is no easy feat at first, and it takes serious dedication to be able to name any pitch at lightning speed. But I will now tell you what you need to do:

START LEARNING YOUR THEORY

To get perfect relative pitch, you need to LEARN YOUR INTERVALS EXTREMELY WELL and you should also know your scales, keys, and basic music theory (stuff like note names, sharps, flats, modes etc). The trick to learning perfect pitch from relative pitch is to USE YOUR LEARNED PITCH AS A REFERENCE POINT TO LEARNING THE OTHER 11 NOTES OF AMERICAN MUSIC (just remember, there are only 12 possible notes to learn on any instrument). You only have to memorize one note, and the other 11 notes come from intervals in relation to the memorized note.

A REAL LIFE SITUATION

Let's say that you learned "A" for your particular pitch. If someone were to play an "E" on the piano and ask you what pitch they played (without you looking at the piano); you will have to be able to HEAR THE INTERVAL from the note you learned in your head (which is "A" in this case) to the pitch that was sounded on the piano (which is "E").

There are twelve intervals that you need to learn. I'll list them here:

Minor2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Minor 7th, Major 7th and Perfect Octave.

These intervals need to be learned not only in your mind, but also on your instrument. On your instrument they need to be played from any given note and you should immediately know the note you ended up on. If I told you to play a Perfect 4th above a "G," you would need to be able to do that on your instrument (in this case you would end up on a "C").

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Martin Brunelle is a part time band teacher, and online sheet music seller. My sheet music store is at http://www.CenturySheetMusic.com Let me know if you have any questions. My email is: brunelle.martin@yahoo.com
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