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That is not absolute pitch - it’s pitch memory, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonal_memory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonal_memory I too have exper
by sarreph 2y ago
That is not absolute pitch - it’s pitch memory, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonal_memory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonal_memory
I too have experienced the same phenomenon of being able to recall a particular note.
Agree with you that relative pitch is more important!
- mettamage 2y agoOh, is absolute pitch the ability to recall every note? I once heard a C on a piano and played it a few times and then remembered it. I thought it was absolute pitch.
- TheOtherHobbes 2y agoPerfect pitch is being able to name any individual note and to hear when they're not quite in tune. Although it's also a curse, because perceived pitch changes with age, so you have to keep learning to compensate. And domestic acoustic pianos are often tuned a semitone flat, which really messes with your head. Advanced pitch recognition is being able to pick out the notes in a complex chord in open form. Professional pitch recognition - as demonstrated by some conductors - is being able to list the pitches in any random set of notes played at the same time on a piano. Including notes in the lowest octave. It's a lot easier to get to the last two if you have the first.
- lolinder 2y agoThey're the same phenomenon, just different amounts and precision of memory. Source: my wife and multiple of her siblings have absolute pitch and we've spent hours and hours talking about their experience with it.