Posted by Kimba W. Lion on 10/22/05 15:45

Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>How many people have absolute pitch, where they can tell that a song
>they learned in D is being played in D sharp or D flat? And even if
>they can accurately identify it, does it actually bother them, the
>way it would if individual notes were actually off key from the rest?

If you are familiar with the way something is meant to sound, the difference
is very obvious. And not just music; on my PAL Laurel and Hardy DVDs, their
voices are noticeably higher than they should be. Your ears do adjust over
the course of a film, but the initial shock is real.

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