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Do you, or does anyone you know, have "perfect pitch"?

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  • by hornmusiker on November 4th, 2009

    hornmusiker

    I know several. My girlfriend does. I also knew a trumpet player who had it absolutely dead on at any setting of tuning. Also, my current horn teacher does, and I've met a few other people who do. However, I'm still a high school student, and I haven't had THAT much exposure to professional musicians, and, despite it being very rare, I'm sure there are many people out there who have it.

    Unfortunately, I'm not one of them :(

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  • by Gabstar on October 27th, 2009

    Gabstar

    quite a few people actually. im very jealous ;)

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  • by yellowcat16 on August 7th, 2008

    yellowcat16

    I do. I used to tune pipe organs.

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  • by Sandman on August 3rd, 2008

    Sandman

    My brother, a music professor, has it. He can recognise any note he hears, and can sing any note you ask.

    I can recognise A440, but nothing else. As it's 54 years since I played anything, I can no longer read music. But I can still recognise concert A.

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  • by ard munch on July 17th, 2008

    ard munch

    i do..

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  • by Browndog on July 9th, 2008

    Browndog

    According to The American Idol Karaoke game for Playstation 2, I do when I sing Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" Other than that, I do not know anyone with perfect pitch.

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  • by dennisq on July 15th, 2008

    dennisq

    Perfect pitch... I believe some ppl do have it, but its the matter of time taken before you get it right.

    Some are fast some are slow, some are naturally talented, some are good with just practises. DO visit my site as it might touch on perfect pitch. I may post resources on perfect pitch in mere future...

    This is it www.SingWithPiano.com. The ability im training is still playing by ear, in an instance, n this requires perfect pitch. Memory does help too.

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  • by Stephy on July 13th, 2008

    Stephy

    One of my instuctors at the Armed Forces School of Music has perfect pitch.

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  • by supermegarockstar on July 10th, 2008

    supermegarockstar

    Perfect Pitch is not about being able to hit a specific note when a chord is played. Perfect Pitch is being able to hear a note and know what that note is without any reference. Some one plays an A on the piano, you know its an A without looking. Just being able to hear that an instrument is not tuned properly doesn't mean you have perfect pitch, just means your not tone deaf.

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  • by 12StringBabe on July 9th, 2008

    12StringBabe

    My daughter has perfect pitch, and I know at least half a dozen others who do - probably more, if I stopped and thought about it.

    I do not.

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  • by Done. never again. on July 9th, 2008

    Done. never again.

    Yeah, I do I guess. My piano teacher said this.

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  • by Ms.A on July 9th, 2008

    Ms.A

    Not me.I scare small children and animals with my singing voice.Some members of my family play instruments well and my husband has a beautiful voice :)

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  • by bowlermommy07 on July 9th, 2008

    bowlermommy07

    I think everyone who can sing or play an instrument decently can have perfect pitch at various times, but no one has perfect pitch 100% of the time.

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  • by Prunesquallor on August 7th, 2008

    Prunesquallor

    I have a good sense of pitch, and used to be able to identify a note played on the keyboard. But that might have been due to hearing the subtleties of timbre rather than pitch.

    Perfect pitch is not the same as having a good sense of intonation, but on the other hand, if you *do* have perfect pitch this generally goes along with an extreme sensitivity to the frequency of musical sounds.

    But in any event, having perfect pitch can be a disadvantage, and it is probably just as well that it is extremely rare. For some people with perfect pitch an orchestra sounds really bad, because they can clearly hear the minor inaccuracies of intonation which most of us are oblivious to.

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  • by The0Rising on August 7th, 2008

    The0Rising

    Sure, my music teacher and his family all have perfect pitch. I can compose a piece of music without having a piano in front of me, and the notes on the stave will sound exactly as it should. Dont know if thats perfect pitch?

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