novice ears

On 2/13/02 1:54 PM, "tuning@yahoogroups.com" <tuning@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Message: 19
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:46:02 -0000
> From: "paulerlich" <paul@stretch-music.com>
> Subject: Re: Digest Number 1892
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>> Now, here's something interesting. While matching single pitches
>> last night,
>> a small number of students sang thirds (mostly above)

> were these 'high thirds'?

No. JI thirds.

>> and/or fifths (mostly below) instead of singing the sounding pitch.
>>Interestingly, their tuning of those "wrong notes" were *always* locked in
>>tune (which gave me the
>> opportunity to compliment them on their "good ears"). No one
>> floated "in the
>> cracks" (except when I asked them to slide the pitch up or down
>> until it
>> found the next locking point. So, even "tin ears" can find "nature's
>> pitches" when given the opportunity. Very encouraging, don't you
>> think?
>
> sure . . . wonder what those thirds were.

I assure you they were JI thirds. (No fifth was sounding.)

J