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Author: JonTheReeds
Date: 2016-07-20 02:14
My teacher has perfect pitch, in that she can name a note and say whether it is flat or sharp relative to A=440 tuning. BUT she says that this only lasts a day or so and needs 'topping up'. Her husband on the other hand has constant perfect pitch and can always name notes (he is a pianist)
I think this (totally unscientific) example indicates that perfect pitch may just be an incredible memory for pitch. There is no reason that A=440, or even Western note intervals, are special in any way
But a combination of pitch memory and interval judgement would give perfect pitch
Perfect pitch stories
1. I knew a pianist at school whose party piece was for people to play random chords on a piano (up to 10 notes) and he would name them all
2. Another pianist I know with perfect pitch who sang in a choir as a child was not rated as a musician because they thought he couldn't sing in tune, whereas in reality he couldn't sing out of tune. He said he relaxed more as he got older and started to sing in tune with others. He said that different tunings were like different hues of a colour, but still preferred A=440
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The older I get, the better I was
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