tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post8824269324713409986..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Perfect PitchSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-62635186951560327702014-01-16T19:04:26.118-05:002014-01-16T19:04:26.118-05:00Hi Banshee- Hmm. There's a video of my sons pl...Hi Banshee- Hmm. There's a video of my sons playing at a street festival in Skowhegan, Maine. My little son is a very good drummer. It was only the second time he's played in public. He played the song in the video faultlessly, but we noticed afterward that he hardly paid any attention to his brother or the audience. <a href="http://youtu.be/M-w055i0dY8" rel="nofollow">He was watching the light show that was being projected on him the whole time. </a>SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-90157016757004003452014-01-14T21:09:58.193-05:002014-01-14T21:09:58.193-05:00So... does he have kinesthesia too? Sometimes the ...So... does he have kinesthesia too? Sometimes the two go together.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-74740755088130506142013-12-21T05:21:08.284-05:002013-12-21T05:21:08.284-05:00I have a sharp sense of hearing, but my father has...I have a sharp sense of hearing, but my father has perfect pitch as well. It serves him well as a piano tuner, but mucks up his daily life when he hears something out of whack. I hear the thrum of electricity. I can't tune it out. Even with the earphones on it penetrates and drives me a bit mad sometimes. I can't play my piano right now, since the upper registers are so out of tune. <br />It's like shattering glass to my ears and just as painful.<br />You might do with the boy what my father did with himself: Find some way to teach him how to tune pianos. We had old junkers laying about our house and my father makes a damn good living tuning. I just wish he lived 2000 miles closer.Jewelhttp://madamescherzo.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-46120108810290298322013-12-14T05:59:44.940-05:002013-12-14T05:59:44.940-05:00Beautifully done (regarding the musicians and thei...Beautifully done (regarding the musicians and their parents.)<br /><br />We began homeschooling my 12 year old daughter this year, and it has really opened my eyes.Marieannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148152584063870753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-40738063593204115002013-12-13T23:06:05.960-05:002013-12-13T23:06:05.960-05:00Dang! And this is the little scamp that could do ...Dang! And this is the little scamp that could do Presidential Arithmetic.<br /><br />I'm starting to think that sending kids to public school is a crime against humanity.SteveSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-3605444982538661712013-12-13T07:00:00.392-05:002013-12-13T07:00:00.392-05:00I was diagnosed with absolute pitch at an early ag...I was diagnosed with absolute pitch at an early age as well. When I was in high school I was able to perfectly mimic the sound of the class changing bell which was piped through the school's loudspeakers. As a result, the entire class stood up and left two minutes earlier tha the real time the class endend. When I went to my school's thirtieth reunion, they gave us a tour of the school. To my astonishment, the same tone-- a high "E" above middle "C." Just one of the many uses of having "perfect pitch." Nickname unavailablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330293202911294571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-31848438953232283112013-12-12T20:07:29.450-05:002013-12-12T20:07:29.450-05:00WOW! The first clip was amazing but the second was...WOW! The first clip was amazing but the second was GREAT! The two of them sound great together.joatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415726428637484056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-6243358854651367542013-12-12T18:53:20.210-05:002013-12-12T18:53:20.210-05:00They had to inherit the talent from somewhere. Th...They had to inherit the talent from somewhere. That perfect pitch gene is in the brain. I used to tell people I heard the music at a certain spot in my brain. I later read an article saying science had found the spot, it's where I hear it. I am now 77 but I am still very sensitive to bad music.Ruth Hhttp://www.rockportconservatives.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-50555838733163532092013-12-12T06:06:37.235-05:002013-12-12T06:06:37.235-05:00It doesn't hurt a bit that he's such an ad...It doesn't hurt a bit that he's such an adorable freckle! <br /><br />I wish I could arrange for them to do a summer gig here at the marina, but they deserve a toney-er crowd than us live-aboards! Charleston is an awesome place for musicians.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-55576865170722786882013-12-11T21:10:40.682-05:002013-12-11T21:10:40.682-05:00Was that a button that just popped off your shirt?...Was that a button that just popped off your shirt? As always thank you for sharing the joy that your children bring.amanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-50761975216165341322013-12-11T15:33:11.480-05:002013-12-11T15:33:11.480-05:00Guess who else of all people? Don Imus..Guess who else of all people? Don Imus..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-50303675798259968642013-12-11T13:53:07.700-05:002013-12-11T13:53:07.700-05:00Fascinating! I do not understand how those can al...Fascinating! I do not understand how those can all be c sharp when they sound so different. cute kid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-10574897099438721472013-12-10T12:18:42.829-05:002013-12-10T12:18:42.829-05:00I can sometimes get a perfect pitch on my tent, bu...I can sometimes get a perfect pitch on my tent, but it's usually sap from a tree.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-68664609953374517422013-12-10T11:59:15.186-05:002013-12-10T11:59:15.186-05:00The world around us hums at the frequency of the p...The world around us hums at the frequency of the power-line and its harmonics -- this tone is nearly unescapable in modern life, although we largely have "tuned it out".<br />I had "relative pitch" that was functionally indistinguishable from perfect pitch, and many of my classmates in the conservatory claimed to have perfect pitch. It was nothing I worked at, it just happened.<br />I found that my "perfect pitch" disappeared when I moved from the land of <i>slightly-sharp B-flat</i> to the land of <i>slightly-sharp G</i>Douglas2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-29965377377745366842013-12-10T11:39:33.220-05:002013-12-10T11:39:33.220-05:00Well, you've made me go and do it. Your kids ...Well, you've made me go and do it. Your kids are amazing, and from that brief video clip I can deduce that you have an amazing relationship with them too. You are an example to all of us, and I'm glad to know you.<br /><br />Homeschooling is a blessing.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family.teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-7993239042503558882013-12-10T11:02:53.017-05:002013-12-10T11:02:53.017-05:00You are blessed, Sip.
Yet, not the roofing story...You are blessed, Sip.<br /><br />Yet, not the roofing story I was led to expect. ;-)leeluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981890968657705310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-49916682400836452352013-12-10T10:45:38.295-05:002013-12-10T10:45:38.295-05:00You ought to take some credit for developing the m...You ought to take some credit for developing the musical talent in your boys. But, I know you.<br /><br />Musical talent may be more of a blessing than you know. Universities and places of higher ed may allow for this art to flourish in the next decade. Who knows. <br /><br />Many happy wishes.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-85288788041190318742013-12-10T09:12:35.431-05:002013-12-10T09:12:35.431-05:00Quite a freckle, indeed. Which makes it kind of fu...Quite a freckle, indeed. Which makes it kind of funny that he's playing the drums. Quick - get that kid a glockenspiel! <br /><br />If you really want to give him a challenge, name a pitch and have him sing it or hum it, then see if he got it right. A little trickier, because even if he hears the note in his head sometimes it's tough to make the vocal cords play along.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-540591968033834962013-12-10T04:58:54.579-05:002013-12-10T04:58:54.579-05:00Just stunning.Never seen it demonstrated like that...Just stunning.Never seen it demonstrated like that.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-50931695637173951052013-12-10T01:59:55.507-05:002013-12-10T01:59:55.507-05:00I thought my kids were cool.I thought my kids were cool.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284936021406079076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-86435799951433107872013-12-10T01:34:43.711-05:002013-12-10T01:34:43.711-05:00Whoa that was amazing
Know what I really really w...Whoa that was amazing<br /><br />Know what I really really want for Christmas???<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_CX9B6pU_Q<br /><br />Not the dude, the SONG. Nice little stretch for the boyos methinks<br /><br />I'm betting on the 10 year old and I'm putting $50 on the table.<br />By Christmas. 2013.<br /><br />Professor D<br />Fretboard KinesthesiologistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com