[Dixielandjazz] FW: Correct Pitch

[Steve Heist]

Hi all,
And I hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas!
The funniest thing I ever heard about pitch was a elementary school teacher 
when I played at Phillips down in Norfolk, Virginia...
She would play all her songs in the normal keys (usually pitched for a 2nd 
tenor) BUT she was an alto in range.
She would sings the songs normally BUT when the song got too high, she would 
do an octave jump and continue, jumping with her voice back and forth as 
necessary!
After she finished her set, I VERY POLITELY asked her WHY she didn't change 
the key of the song to accommodate her voice.
Her look was priceless!  It was like I had given her an epiphany - a 
revelation that, quite frankly, had never occurred to her...
To this day I laugh out loud just remembering that moment...
ALL the Very Best to all of you!
Steve "Stubby" Heist

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From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 10:32 AM
To: "Steve Heist" <steveheist at videotron.ca>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW:  Correct Pitch

> Steve wrote:
>>..... many jazz records were incorrectly pitched and that most jazz tunes
> were played in the flat keys, plus C or G.
>
> As I stated earlier.  It only makes sense as those are the keys normally
> played in by wind instruments. If you play with a band that is based on
> stringed instruments, you will find the keys are in D, A, etc.  When I
> studied to records as a kid, I changed the tuning slide to fit the key
> knowing those were nonsense keys I was listening to in some cases.
>
> Jim
>
>
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