EPTI just found out I have perfect pitch - Page 2
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phosphorylation
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:07 mikeymoo wrote: This isn't perfect pitch. It's some sort of relative pitch. If you have to compare notes to songs or some other memory aid, it's relative pitch. I'm not listening to a song for reference though. I think of the song in my head (without listening to anything) and then I can remember the pitch. | ||
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writer22816
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:07 caldo149 wrote: if it takes you 30 seconds to figure out a pitch then you don't have perfect pitch. perhaps "good" pitch haha my understanding is that perfect pitch is just the ability to figure out what a note is, without listening to any known pitches beforehand. so if you can hear a note, and then figure it out in your head, that's still perfect pitch (albeit poorly developed perfect pitch if it takes you a long time, like it does with me  ) | ||
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On September 05 2009 10:14 Wangsta wrote: I'm not listening to a song for reference though. I think of the song in my head (without listening to anything) and then I can remember the pitch. Yeah but you don't have perfect pitch for every note. So it's perfect for a few notes and relative for the rest. On top of that, if someone played you a note that was 10 cents off tune, I don't think you'd be able to tell. | ||
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:15 writer22816 wrote: Wait, you tuned your guitar using a note for reference and you call that perfect pitch? No, I don't use a reference note. I think of the reference note in my head (without hearing it) | ||
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:17 mikeymoo wrote: Yeah but you don't have perfect pitch for every note. So it's perfect for a few notes and relative for the rest. On top of that, if someone played you a note that was 10 cents off tune, I don't think you'd be able to tell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch I'm not an expert on perfect pitch, but from what I've read, as long as you can figure out pitches without external aid, it's still considered some form of perfect pitch I don't think perfect pitch requires a person to detect small changes in frequency. As long as you recognize a note within a certain range | ||
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phosphorylation
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people (and i) love to jump at this kind of stuff | ||
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:21 phosphorylation wrote: yeah it probably wasn't very wise of you when you said "i just have found i have perfect pitch" when you have a less-than-perfect perfect pitch AFAIK, there's no such thing as "less-than-perfect" perfect pitch. If you can hear a note and figure out what it is without outside help, you have it. If you can't, you don't The definition given on wikipedia is Absolute pitch (AP), or perfect pitch, is the ability to name or reproduce a tone without reference to an external standard. It doesn't specify anything else. | ||
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phosphorylation
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congrats actually, i am pretty sure the implication in the wikipedia definition is that you will be able to recall any tone, not just ... one | ||
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miseiler
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What you're describing is pitch through a reference, which has been shown now to be possible to teach. If you're learning it quickly, that's awesome. | ||
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FragKrag
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Perguvious
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you are destined for greatness | ||
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:26 phosphorylation wrote: woot you "technically" have perfect pitch! congrats actually, i am pretty sure the implication in the wikipedia definition is that you will be able to recall any tone, not just ... one well, after some more reading I think quasi-perfect pitch would be a more accurate description of what I have right now (at least until I can memorize the remaining notes). its surprisingly difficult to find information on this topic, but it seems like: quasi-perfect pitch -> one or more notes memorized perfect pitch -> all notes memorized absolute perfect pitch -> be able to name the approximate frequency of note some articles label any of the above as just perfect pitch though, I'm still not sure what the exact definition is | ||
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:37 Perguvious wrote: pavarotti had perfect pitch you are destined for greatness I apologize if this blog comes off as bragging, but, honestly, give me a break. I'm not trying to give off that impression I've only played an instrument for 2 years (teaching myself with the internet) and I had no musical training of any kind before that. I also once thought was literally tone-deaf, so this whole thing is big deal for me right now | ||
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Perguvious
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On September 05 2009 10:45 Wangsta wrote: I apologize if this blog comes off as bragging, but, honestly, give me a break. I'm not trying to give off that impression I've only played an instrument for 2 years (teaching myself with the internet) and I had no musical training of any kind before that. I also once thought was literally tone-deaf, so this whole thing is big deal for me right now sorry if I "offended" you or something I was just joking, come on :D | ||
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Wangsta
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On September 05 2009 10:54 Perguvious wrote: sorry if I "offended" you or something I was just joking, come on :D edit: I just realized pavarotti was a singer, nvm whatever I said about your comment lol | ||
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ghostWriter
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On September 05 2009 10:42 Empyrean wrote: On the topic of perfect pitch, something that used to bother me was during orchestra rehearsal when the concertmaster wouldn't tune to a 440 A and the entire orchestra sounded out of tune <_< oh my god. This kind of thing bothered me so much. That's why I always tune to a tuner when possible. I can play a D in my head, but I have to go up the scale to figure out what the other notes sound like =/ | ||
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FragKrag
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On September 05 2009 11:00 Wangsta wrote: edit: I just realized pavarotti was a singer, nvm whatever I said about your comment lol . . . | ||
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