Re: OT: high-precision tuner app

[Hans Åberg]

> On 26 May 2016, at 08:49, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>>> Absolutely fascinating stuff but bizarre all the considerations
>>> that affect pitch over time.
>> 
>> Off topic, I know, but how do those gifted with perfect pitch cope
>> with all this?
> 
> They simply dispair.  I speak from experience :-)
> 
> To a certain extent (say, plus-minus a whole note) I can compensate
> the different pitch.  If the difference is larger, I have to transpose
> everything.

Perhaps you might try the programs mentioned before [1] that I wrote for ChucK, 
which allows one to play different tunings on the computer keyboard, to see if 
you can get used to it. A Swedish composer with absolute pitch said he managed 
to get used to exact quarter tones, or E24, and it was not so difficult for him.

1. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-05/msg00465.html