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Absolute Pitch-Class



Kevin Austin wrote:

"Maybe ..... , the 'correct' term would be Absolute Pitch-Class."

Yes. This term, however, didn't have a chance, because it is longer and
"pitch class" is less widely known than "pitch". A short and correct term
would have been "absolute chroma", but this had no chance either, because
chroma (= pitch class) is unknown in the general public.

Martin


----- Original Message -----
From: KEVIN AUSTIN <KAUSTIN@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA>
To: <AUDITORY@LISTS.MCGILL.CA>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:46 PM
Subject: AP of 5, rather than 12 (!)