Originally Posted by jadis View Post
Having a perfect pitch has very little to do with one's musical ability or taste.[/quote]
Did I make that claim?
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Your preference for euphonious, bland, non-offending sonorities has to do with many factors, i.e. cultural, temperamental, generational etc. The absolute pitch is an acoustic factor, not even a musical one.
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"cultural, temperamental, generational etc.” How does being cursed with perfect pitch relate to those supposed causes? At age four my parents purchased a piano for me. I hated the thing even though I had no idea why. It simply made my teeth stand on end. At age five I was taken with an older friend to his organ lesson at St Pat’s Cathedral. Two bars and I was in heaven. I wonder why? I certainly didn’t know other than it just sounded ‘right', unlike the ill maintained piece of junk at our local church. How did 'cultural, temperamental, generational etc’ factors enter into those reactions?
[qoute]He's a snob alright in the sense that he tries to ape the tastes of those he perceive as his superiors in the hope of passing himself off as one of them. I agree that he has atrocious taste though. [/quote]
Your in depth psychological analysis at a distance is astonishing. Atrocious taste? And by what objective standard does one prove any music is in ‘perfect taste’. There is a difference between preferences and objective standards . Maybe though your standards are uniquely objective ?
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