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I remember reading a paper ages ago that claimed perfect pitch rates were higher in populations whose 1st language was tonal - if true that's support that it is
by ska 3y ago
I remember reading a paper ages ago that claimed perfect pitch rates were higher in populations whose 1st language was tonal - if true that's support that it is to some degree evidence of learn-ability, but maybe only extremely young (even pre-language).
- mkl 3y agoThis is well-established: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch
- anon291 3y agoThere's good evidence that adults can learn. Studies show that adults who practice everyday achieve significantly better than random scores on tests of perfect pitch.