Great Gig in the Sky pitch change

Meandthem · Post by **Meandthem** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:33 pm

Are we talking about perfect pitch or...?
If it's just ordinary pitch, I think many people can hear the difference, but perfect pitch is the ability to recognize the exact tone in the scale, when listening.
A lot of gutarist make pitch changes by bending the neck backward (on the guitar, that is) thereby stretching the strings and distording the tone - Hendrix, Winter, Van Zant, Lowell George and on keabords Emmerson and Jon Lord et al...

my breakfast. · Post by **my breakfast.** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:23 pm

Harder to do with a piano dude. Piano strings are usually tripled up, making them a royal pain in the ass to tune. As far as I know there is no way to pitch shift on a piano in real time....

oz1701 · Post by **oz1701** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:37 am

Hudini wrote:Doesn't "Knife Edge" end with a sudden speed breakdown?

i think the effect is achieved in a similar way though

Hudini · Post by **Hudini** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:20 am

Well, yes, both things are about change of tape speed, but they sound quite differently.

my breakfast. · Post by **my breakfast.** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:23 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVNAiQr0g20

Ready to have your mind blown?

Fast forward to 5:59 of this video and listen to what happens....

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:17 pm

crowman wrote:Was it an accident? Who knows? It does work in a weird kind of way, and it's hard to imagine that an unwanted glitch like that would make it through. Perhaps it was an accident but when they listened back they liked it as a bit of serendipity.

Hmmm, I concur.

danielcaux · Post by **danielcaux** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:35 am

my breakfast. wrote:Ready to have your mind blown?Fast forward to 5:59 of this video and listen to what happens....

The pitch oscillates just like in the end of GGITS. So, am I wrong or does that give weight to the "it was intentional" theory?

oz1701 · Post by **oz1701** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:21 am

Hudini wrote:Well, yes, both things are about change of tape speed, but they sound quite differently.

im just pointing out it was something bands around the time were playing around with - i always thought it was deliberate .

did anyone notice the reed change in the saxophone at 10.27 ?

sashwap · Post by **sashwap** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:44 pm

also, did anyone notice what sounds like alarm clocks going off right before "time" kicks in? i've never been able to explain this satisfactorily.

oz1701 · Post by **oz1701** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:14 pm

sashwap wrote:also, did anyone notice what sounds like alarm clocks going off right before "time" kicks in? i've never been able to explain this satisfactorily.

Meandthem · Post by **Meandthem** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:01 pm

oz1701 wrote:
sashwap wrote:also, did anyone notice what sounds like alarm clocks going off right before "time" kicks in? i've never been able to explain this satisfactorily.

Nope - count me out!

Isntthiswherewe · Post by **Isntthiswherewe** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:54 pm

sashwap wrote:also, did anyone notice what sounds like alarm clocks going off right before "time" kicks in? i've never been able to explain this satisfactorily.

I believe they accidentally left a mic open at that point and picked up the alarm clocks going off when the studio time ran out. What with all those blokes talking in the background its not a very well made album really is it.

TheFloydian1 · Post by **TheFloydian1** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:55 pm

sashwap wrote:also, did anyone notice what sounds like alarm clocks going off right before "time" kicks in? i've never been able to explain this satisfactorily.

Umm...that's meant to be like that. The clocks start ticking right before "Time" begins. When it does begin, the clocks start ringing. Sort of a "segueing" thing, though not necessarily.

oz1701 · Post by **oz1701** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:57 am

Isntthiswherewe wrote:
sashwap wrote:also, did anyone notice what sounds like alarm clocks going off right before "time" kicks in? i've never been able to explain this satisfactorily.
I believe they accidentally left a mic open at that point and picked up the alarm clocks going off when the studio time ran out. What with all those blokes talking in the background its not a very well made album really is it.

danielcaux · Post by **danielcaux** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:05 am

Isntthiswherewe wrote:
sashwap wrote:also, did anyone notice what sounds like alarm clocks going off right before "time" kicks in? i've never been able to explain this satisfactorily.
I believe they accidentally left a mic open at that point and picked up the alarm clocks going off when the studio time ran out. What with all those blokes talking in the background its not a very well made album really is it.

Nope. And isn't it insane how despite all of THAT you have some pricks complaining by very minor things like Ticket To Ride being at the end of Eclipse?

I also think Gilmour shouldn't have placed the microphone so close to his chest.

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