Karen Carpenter - Perfect Pitch

Impressive perfect pitch from Karen. This video compares the recording version and Karen' talk show version.

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• Karen
• Carpenter
• Perfect
• Pitch

[greenwich1754]

I'm not knocking Karen (by any stretch!), but how does this video prove "perfect pitch"? Especially to those who can not discern such subtleties? In the live video, she's more "wording", as opposed to singing (in Japanese, no less), so a direct comparison to the original (recording) can't be made.

[ostinatus]

@greenwich1754 Well, the thing is, she simply hits the exact key as the original record, without even looking for it."Perfect pitch" or "Perfect tonal memory", we can call whatever we want, the result is the same.I've never heard Karen off pitch, neither live nor in studio!All this is off course not very interesting for the commend people.But for the one of us who has been working professional with music for decades, it's a fascinating detail to notice.

[ostinatus]

"Sing a song" is the title.From around 1972-73.

[ostinatus]

That's true! But I guess you could say, memorizing like this (not even 0,02 flat or sharp) requires quite perfect pitch.I know experienced singers that after years on a song, not even are close when they are away from the backing.

So highly gifted she was, Karen!

[julikell]

Simply amazing.

[CCRider100]

@msm318 - wow, what a hateful ignorant little moron you are. Richard Carpenter was a brilliant song writer, but The Carpenters will mostly be remembered for THE VOICE that sung those amazing melodies. No over singing, no endless trills and over emoting, Karen Carpenter had the smoothest most pure female voice in pop music history.

[JuanLorenZerimar]

This video is awesome... I learned to sing to a combo of the Carpenter's Greatest Hits and Bowie's Spiders from Mars album...ROFL but true :) saved this...

[judyindisguise711]

The smile at the end is just killer. Karen was the number one influence in my life as I grew up, and I will always be grateful.

Judy Pancoast

[spudone1000]

@CCRider100 stop it if i wasnt drunk id try to sort this out quit fighting and respect KAREN and love her memory.. Thank you....

[4everKeyz]

Amen

[4everKeyz]

@CCRider100 -- Amen.

[windstorm1000]

@greenwich1754 The video isn't doing anything. But if we concentrate on the song here--she did have perfect pitch among her other vocal gifts. One of the best singers of the 20th century. I assume they are in the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame, right???

[onlywhenimdancing]

@msm318 bitter much about something???

[BigMrMitch]

@msm318 U are a sick attention seeking cunt..Go die in a fire

[jjulius1985]

@ostinatus

That doesn't necessarily prove perfect pitch, however. It just proves that she knew on what note to begin a song that she'd sung thousands of time. That can be a function of muscle memory.

That's not to take anything away from her talent. It's just an observation.