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For anyone who might not know what perfect pitch is: Absolute pitch (AP), often called perfect pitch, is a rare ability of a person to identify or re-create a g
by supz_k 6y ago
For anyone who might not know what perfect pitch is:
Absolute pitch (AP), often called perfect pitch, is a rare ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone. - Wikipedia
Most people, even musicians, don't know that this talent exists. When I was in high school, there was someone who has this skill. He had started music when he was a very little. Most perfect pitch persons starts their music in their early ages. This person in my school "senses" pitches (I think it's similar to how we see colors.)
THERE'S NO KNOWN CASES OF ANY ADULT DEVELOPING PERFECT PITCH. There's a number of studies saying it cannot be developed as an adult.
However, I'm doing research for a few months and trying to develop perfect pitch myself (I have a fine relative pitch). None has worked for now. I strongly believe there must be a way for adults to develop this.
My thoughts on this app: It may help to improve something called "tone identification", but that instinct of having perfect pitch is completely different.
By the way, anyone here have perfect pitch (possibility is 1/10000)?
(For any one interested, search Youtube for perfect pitch. There's a lot of fascinating stories)
- y2bd 6y agoCount me in as someone who didn’t know this existed/that I had it until someone else pointed it out for me. I started music in middle school and got frustrated with a friend who couldn’t play back a melody from a video game we both liked even though I could (he was much better at violin so I wanted to hear him play it, haha). Thankfully, he knew what perfect pitch was and after figuring out the disconnect, explained it to me. I honestly thought he was lying until I asked other folks in the class and found out they couldn’t identify the notes by ear either. I just assumed it was something I learned to do as a part of the class instruction. I wouldn’t say I have any attached feelings/synesthesia to particular notes besides their western names.
- supz_k 6y agoThat's awesome. Did you have any musical training when you were little? (below 7 years)
- y2bd 6y agoI think I played recorder for like two months around 8 years old, but no education beyond that. Didn't have a musical family either. My younger siblings all picked up instruments during their schooling as well and I don't believe any of them have perfect pitch.
- FalconSensei 6y agoFor what I've seen, all apps/methods for 'developing perfect pitch' would either not work on adults, or are not actually perfect/absolute pitch.