> ...it can only be acquired early in life. As a musicologist, musician and someone who acquired some level of absolute pitch at ~14 years, I have to disagree.

> ...it can only be acquired early in life. As a musicologist, musician and someone who acquired some level of absolute pitch at ~14 years, I have to disagree. Anecdata: Musicians distinguish between acquired and given/natural absolute pitch and additionally between active and passive AP. Naming a note and producing/singing one are very different skills. In my personal experience absolute pitch is a spectrum of several skills. For example: - I can reliably name (single) notes played on a piano or similar instruments - Most times I cannot name the root note of complex chords - I cannot reliably name notes played by wind instruments - If I can sing a note in my lowest register I can name most notes reliably Just for completeness: Musically speaking, absolute pitch is not a particularly useful skill and can be very limiting/painful for people.