Do you need perfect pitch to tune pianos?

Most piano tuners would probably admit to having a degree of relative pitch but most do not have perfect pitch. It is certainly not a prerequisite for becoming a piano tuner.

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What exactly is Perfect Pitch? Should my tuner have it?

Perfect pitch (sometimes called absolute pitch) is the ability to remember and therefore name, any given note perceived aurally without reference to a pitch source. If you have passive perfect pitch you will be able to name any note played on a piano in the next room immediately upon waking in the morning. If you have active perfect pitch you will also be able to produce any given note either by singing or whistling. This is not to be confused with relative pitch which is the ability to remember pitch for a period of time but will need refreshing by referencing a pitch tone. While it is possible to improve your skill in relative pitch, perfect pitch appears to be a gift you are either born with or acquire in your early years. Some musical ability is essential in recognising that an individual possesses perfect pitch as the pitches of notes and their labels have to be learned and memorised. However, it is also something which ideally has to be refined according to the frequency assigned to any note. For example, standard pitch is said to be A440; that is, the note A vibrates at 440 cycles per second or its multiples. If the standard changes to A442 then someone with perfect pitch would have to adjust their perception of pitch accordingly; something which many find very difficult. Most piano tuners would probably admit to having a degree of relative pitch but most do not have perfect pitch. It is certainly not a prerequisite for becoming a piano tuner. Those that do have it will still use a tuning fork or other means of setting the pitch because they are modest enough to realise that the fork is more accurate to the degree required for tuning a piano. As it is not prone to variance due to colds or slight illness, the fork is also far more reliable.

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What is the catchiest Christmas song?

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Love them, hate them, or just accept them as a sort of immutable fact of life, Christmas songs are a thing, and as December 25 gets inexorably closer and closer they’re a thing that becomes increasingly inescapable. And although there’s been a fair amount of disposable novelty rubbish written over the years, the reality is that a lot of Christmas songs are bangers. There are plenty of keepers from the ‘40s-‘70s heyday of the Christmas record as an art form. But even more cynical later generations of pop have produced plenty of gold. There is, of course, something of a Christmas canon: ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ and ‘Fairytale of New York’ are great songs… which is good, as inevitably you’re going to hear them about a million times this holidays. But festive cheer has found its way into pop, hip-hop, R&B, metal, punk, indie… you name it. And as a gift for you, we’ve assembled 65 Christmas songs so incredibly catchy, you just might want to listen all year round. Good luck finding the nog in August though.