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How
I Discovered the
Secret to Perfect Pitch
The
true story by David Lucas Burge,
continued . . .
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Then it happened . . .
It
was like a miracle . . . a twist of fate
. . . like finding the lost Holy Grail . . .
Once I stopped
straining my ear, I started to listen NATURALLY.
Then the simple secret to Perfect Pitch jumped right
into my lap.
Curiously, I began
to notice faint "colors" within the tones.
Not visual colors, but colors of pitch,
colors of sound. They had always been
there. But this was the first time I had ever really
"let go" -- and listened -- to discover
these subtle differences.
Soon -- to my
own disbelief -- I too could name the tones by
ear! It was simple. I could hear how F# sounds
one way, while Bb has a totally different sound
-- sort of like "hearing" red and blue!
The realization
struck me: THIS IS PERFECT PITCH! This is how
Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart could mentally envision
their masterpieces -- and know tones, chords, and
keys -- all by ear!
It was almost
childish -- I felt sure that anyone could unlock
their own Perfect Pitch with this simple secret of
"Color Hearing."
Bursting with
excitement, I told my best friend, Ann (a flutist).
She
laughed at me. "You
have to be born with Perfect Pitch,"
she asserted. "You can't develop it."
"You
don't understand how Perfect Pitch works," I countered.
I sat her down and showed her how to listen. Timidly, she confessed
that she too could hear the pitch colors. With this
jump start, Ann soon realized she also had gained
Perfect Pitch.
We became instant celebrities.
Classmates loved to call out tones for us to magically sing from thin air. They played chords
for us to name by ear. They quizzed us on what key
a song was in.
Everyone was fascinated with our "supernatural"
powers, yet to Ann and me, it was just normal.
Way back then, I never
dreamed I would later cause such a stir in the academic
world. But when I entered college and started to explain
my discoveries, professors laughed at
me.
"You must be born
with Perfect Pitch," they'd say. "You can't
develop it!"
I would listen politely.
Then I'd reveal the simple secret -- so they could
hear it for themselves.
You'd be surprised
how fast they changed their tune!
In college, my so-called
"perfect ear" allowed me to skip over two
required music theory courses. Perfect Pitch made everything
easier -- my ability to perform, compose, arrange,
transpose, improvise, and even sight-read (because
-- without looking at the keyboard -- you know you're playing
the correct tones).
And because my ears were open,
music just sounded richer.
I learned that music
is truly a HEARING art.
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