Absolute Pitch Education

aruffo · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject: a question for you

Hey ever'body...

Before I post the next main-page update it occurred to me that I could get some input from you. It would be very helpful if you'd reply to this post, WITHOUT reading anyone else's posts first, and answer the question:

What is an E-flat?

This isn't a trick question, and it's not supposed to be in-depth either.. and please, please, don't be clever about it. Just write the first 1-3 sentences that pop into your head based on the question as you interpret it. That is, don't ask "well, what do you mean by that?" because I want to find out what your instinctive answer will be without any further explanation.

Thanks!

gavriel · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 101

It's a dot on the music stave that changes depending on other dots it is surrounded by.

abminor · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 55

-Just a note
-A jazzy tonality
-The third minor of C
- the second black key on piano

coolerd · Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 20 Location: Belgium

sounds like autumn

Andi · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 95 Location: Austria

It's the note which is a semitone lower than e.

TS · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 113

aboynamedchris · Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 22

its a pitch, labeled Eb

petew83 · Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 267

E-flat is one of the brighter notes, great for boogie-woogie/rock songs because it has a lot of energy. It's a very 'up', or 'awake' key. More similar to 'E' than to 'D'.

aruffo · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject:

I've already written a bit about this that I haven't yet posted to the main page, and I hope there will still be more responses here, but a quick bit of info to those who have already posted their answers...

I was reading an article about categorization which points out that you can determine how you categorize an object X by honestly answering the question "What is X?" Once you answer, notice whether your first response was to give X's physical characteristics or to give its functional use. Secondly, examine your answer to see what other objects you've mentioned, because these are members representative of what you believe to be X's primary category.

gavriel · Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 101

ok, so what would be an (honest) categorisation of a person with Absolute Pitch?

My categorisation is clearly of a relative listener... Sad

balkoka · Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Posts: 19

Just a tone for me

paulriley · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 21 Location: London

Eb is a note, it is a the key of a tune, and a kind of muscle memory "visualisation" on my sax

aruffo · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject:

All right... I posted the more complete version of my thought process there.

pianosage · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

finally u guys are getting somewhere.. Smile

an Eb, is just simply a sound that FEELS a certain way

no amount of explaination can help u because sound is a mere impression

Axeman · Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 87 Location: New Zealand

An e-flat is a musical tone. It can be used in chords and melodies.