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Perfect pitch isn’t so perfect in many
Among people with perfect pitch, the most common error seems to be misidentifying G flat as A, the note on which orchestras traditionally tune.
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This article brought to mind the history of pitch through the centuries. In the 17th century, what is now G sharp was an A. Maybe the “perfect” pitch is somewhere else. Stanton AlgerBainbridge Island, Wash. Before the 20th century, the tone that musicians called A ranged widely but was generally between 415 and 432 hertz […]
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Major merger
Four galaxies are ramming into each other in one of the biggest cosmic collisions ever recorded.
