Re: Singing repositories available & bit depth/sample rate advices (Jose Ignacio Alcantara )


Subject: Re: Singing repositories available & bit depth/sample rate advices
From:    Jose Ignacio Alcantara  <jia10@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Fri, 4 Mar 2011 22:53:15 +0000
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--Apple-Mail-38-996932181 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Yes, when people sightread, either as a result of good relative or = absolute pitch, they often report that they can hear the note in their = 'heads', internally without any vocal production. The only difference = b/w relative and absolute pitch, in this regard, is that the former need = a starting basis, e.g. memory for a 440-Hz A, whereas the latter are = able to do this in the absence of any reference notes; their pitch = measure being 'absolute', as it were... Jose On 4 Mar 2011, at 22:47, Coralie Vincent wrote: > Hello Jose, >=20 > When I write "they can hear", I really mean "hear", not "read". To me, = this has nothing to do with 'sight reading', does it? Or did I = misunderstood something? Please, clarify your question if I had it = wrong. > The point is to get an idea of non-expert singers abilities to sing = (again, as a speaker would do for his/her mother tongue, for example). >=20 > So, again, thank you for any link towards a singing repository and for = comments on the bit depth/sample rate chosen. >=20 > Coralie >=20 >=20 > = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ > Avant d'imprimer ce mail, r=E9fl=E9chissons =E0 l'impact sur = l'environnement. > = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ >=20 Dr Jos=E9 Ignacio Alc=E1ntara Department of Experimental Psychology University of Cambridge Downing Street Cambridge, UK CB2 3EB Phone: 44 (0)1223 764412 Fax: 44 (0)1223 333564 Fellow of Fitzwilliam College Cambridge, UK CB3 0DG Phone: 44 (0)1223 472126 --Apple-Mail-38-996932181 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, = when people sightread, either as a result of good relative or absolute = pitch, they often report that they can hear the note in their 'heads', = internally without any vocal production. &nbsp;The only difference b/w = relative and absolute pitch, in this regard, is that the former need a = starting basis, e.g. memory for a 440-Hz A, whereas the latter are able = to do this in the absence of any reference notes; their pitch measure = being 'absolute', as it = were...<div>Jose</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 4 Mar 2011, = at 22:47, Coralie Vincent wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div> <div> Hello Jose, </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> When I write "they can hear", I really mean "hear", not = "read". To me, this has nothing to do with 'sight reading', does it? Or = did I misunderstood something? Please, clarify your question if I had it = wrong. </div> <div> The point is to get an idea of non-expert singers abilities = to sing (again, as a speaker would do for his/her mother tongue, for = example). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> So, again, thank you for any link towards a singing = repository and for comments on the bit depth/sample rate chosen. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Coralie </div><p> <br> <br> = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------<br> Avant d'imprimer ce mail, r=E9fl=E9chissons =E0 l'impact sur = l'environnement.<br> = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------<br> <br> </p> </div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div>Dr Jos=E9 Ignacio Alc=E1ntara<br><br>Department = of Experimental Psychology<br>University of Cambridge<br>Downing = Street<br>Cambridge, UK<br>CB2 3EB<br>Phone: 44 (0)1223 764412<br>Fax: = 44 (0)1223 333564<br><br>Fellow of Fitzwilliam College<br>Cambridge, = UK<br>CB3 0DG<br>Phone: 44 (0)1223 = 472126<br></div><div><br></div></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-38-996932181--


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