Oh, the replies that come to mind........
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Happy Soulful Sunday...
We do that one. Not nearly as well. I have no problem with the bass line but can't sing the "oo-oo-oo-oo's" against it. The other answering lines are no sweat but the "oo's"-
We do that one. Not nearly as well. I have no problem with the bass line but can't sing the "oo-oo-oo-oo's" against it. The other answering lines are no sweat but the "oo's"-
They don't play and sing at the same time so don't feel bad.
You been thinking about the Ampeg Iso-Vent thread, again?
Ah, but if they're not born at midnight April 30, 1933 then they're gonna be a little off pitch.
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This was my turntable circa 77.
Saw a lotta schmancy turntables like that which still couldn't tune the Beatles records to my guitar as good as my '65 Sony HP-480's variable pitch control! Salesmen asked me why I wanted to go off pitch? I thought to myself, "You've never tried playing along to their records, have you?"
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Pretty certain "on pitch" was pretty relative in the 60s, if based only on my own experience in band 
.... music teachers might well get the award for the most patient people in the universe.
.... music teachers might well get the award for the most patient people in the universe.
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Even when we all used the same reference, tuning was still "relative" in my last cover band.Pretty certain "on pitch" was pretty relative in the 60s, if based only on my own experience in band
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Even when we all used the same reference, tuning was still "relative" in my last cover band.
With all personal experience with formal classroom education now firmly in the past tense, I wonder if music teachers still teach kids to tune by ear?
Uncertain where I learned it, or if I ever did learn it, or only imagined I learned it: I take care to always check my instrument's tune before I play anything. This way, in-tune becomes a habit. One music teacher I recall worked to get his students to feel the dissonance of an out-of-tune bass.
We had some huge stroboscope in the band room, but we've covered that turf so get of my lawn.
Even when we all used the same reference, tuning was still "relative" in my last cover band.
In some areas of the country "relative pitch" means propositioning a cousin!
My 1977 turntable was/is a REGA planar. Not too expensive, it does a good job for me. Actually, my ears seem to be tuned to it.
My tuner was a pitch pipe. Everyone tuned to me. Unless there was a piano to go with.
My tuner was a pitch pipe. Everyone tuned to me. Unless there was a piano to go with.
I remember in the 70's it was not unusual that bands all tuned together to slightly off-pitch to play a song. Why? No idea. Not for singing, because it was only slightly off pitch. 10cc I'm not in Love. Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzy. I would have killed for a pitch control record player back then! Would have made it easier to learn the song. But it also made you better at music theory because you had to do the math in your head to play the song. Once I learned transposing I was never in need of work because I could transpose on the spot. Especially valuable when a lady sings a man's song!
B4 electric portable pianos, touring big bands would show up at a venue and find the "we have a terrific piano" horribly outta tune, usually flat 1/4 tone +/-, but not consistent. Some bands had a qualified piano tuner with them. Others gave up and used a 'squeeze box' or just guitar for the chord instrument. One of my favorites:Les Elgart. Didn't even use keys on recordings except for rare occasions, usually a celeste(semi-portable-if ya gots a coupla strong backs)
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Been a long time since I've seen a pitch pipe.
Sometimes they would master at different speeds, often speeded up. So perfect key was not an issues.
It's true though, getting tuning close enough was good enough in the 60's. Most players didn't even know about bridge intonation. Tuning up the neck was often off.
I've still got one of these sitting in storage somewhere...
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Turntable like that ^ might have been pretty entertaining.
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