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Totally agree that a solid relative ear is more practical for most musicians. Absolute pitch is cool, but, I think, relative pitch and good interval recognition

• f1shy 2y ago
  Absolute is no cool at all. At age 40, when physical changes deform the ear (same as with the eyes) your absolute scale will shift. People with real absolute pitch have problems to enjoy music (much worst to play) after 40. I wanted to have my kids have absolute pitch, then I asked around, and was told to me that is not the best idea.
  • cma 2y ago
    Wouldn't you just be able to adjust for it like reading music that's keyed in B flat concert pitch for clarinets?
    • f1shy 2y ago
      As far as I read online: yoy can consciously understand, is not the music shifted but you, but it will sound off. There seems to be a “treatment” whichbis to listen to music and gradually change its speed. If done for (i think) it was 2 ha or so, you can throw a person withbperfect pitch off. The effects seem to last for a couple of months. Again, that is all I found online, but that las bit is based on papers of scientific studies.
  • TimByte 2y ago
    I hadn't considered how aging affects absolute pitch. I've heard of musicians struggling with pitch perception as they get older, but I didn't realize it could be that disruptive