FOR YEARS I HAVE TRAINED MY PITCH SKILLS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, 2 YEARS AGO I WAS DEAF BLIND AND A PARAPLEGIC. MY FRIEND WHO ALSO HAS THE PERFECT PITCH ONE DAY MADE ME PITCH AND HAS SEEN MY PITCH AND MY PITCH IS ALSO THE PERFECT PITCH. I CAN PITCH IN THIS DIRECTION AND THAT DIRECTION. I AM CLEARLY VERY TALENTED AND YOU MUST ALL BOW BEFORE ME BECAUSE I HAVE THE PERFECT PITCH AND I NEED A BLOG POST TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. WHAZZAAA

THAT LAST 'A' WAS A G

FragKrag

United States11554 Posts

September 05 2009 02:08 GMT

#42

Throw me a curve ball

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

September 05 2009 02:20 GMT

#43

lmao

fanatacist

10319 Posts

September 05 2009 02:20 GMT

#44

On September 05 2009 11:08 FragKrag wrote:
Throw me a curve ball

YOUR TEST RESULTS ARE BACK FROM THE DOCTOR
WE BELIEVE YOU ARE... GAY

Oh wait that's not what you meant...

JohnColtrane

Australia4813 Posts

September 05 2009 02:38 GMT

#45

if you can tune to the exact cent representation (equal tempered) then that is pretty damn impressive. if you can tune to around about the right semitone, that is less impressive but still a nice skill to have.

talismania

United States2364 Posts

September 05 2009 02:38 GMT

#46

You have relative pitch, meaning that you can tell the note based on a comparison. This is common, and can be learned. Absolute (perfect) pitch is being able to name a note upon simply hearing it, with no reference at all. Your brain just knows intrinsically what 440hz sounds like, and therefore you always can identify an A.

omninmo

2349 Posts

September 05 2009 02:51 GMT

#47

too bad you waste your talent listening to coldplay.

try frank zappa or king crimson

Monokeros

United States2493 Posts

September 05 2009 02:54 GMT

#48

This could be a plot for a manga in Japan and you could have superpowers based on being able to analzye the pitch of someones Oh I dont know where I'm going with this.

maga33

United States247 Posts

September 05 2009 02:55 GMT

#49

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch

There are a couple of requirements. They say that you cant have any external references too...

simfarm

Ireland75 Posts

September 05 2009 03:06 GMT

#50

I have this too. I can always hear most notes in my head and then use them to compare with other notes that I'm exposed to. It takes me awhile to figure it out.

Congrats man!

lazz

Australia3119 Posts

September 05 2009 03:27 GMT

#51

On September 05 2009 10:09 Wangsta wrote:

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If you can tune without using any external tools (a tuner, a piano, etc.) then you have it too. The only way you can tune a string to E, for example, is if you can produce the sound of an E note in your head and know that it is an E.

If you know just 1 note in your head, then you at least have quasi-perfect pitch. You can use that 1 note to figure out any other note, using relative pitch

umm you realise any decent guitar/bass player can tune without external tools right? you just play an E or whatever on another string and then adjust the other string until they match...

im pretty skeptical of perfect pitch anyway, when I mess around with my bass just playing random shit trying to come wiht with a cool bass line or something and im playing random notes ill play a note without looking at the fretboard and be like wow that was an E etc.. "perfect pitch" can just come from enough practice imo...

Loser777

1931 Posts

September 05 2009 03:35 GMT

#52

I didn't know that that was considered to be perfect pitch... most of my friends who are experienced piano players can "figure out" pitches... I've always considered perfect pitch to be able to name a note on the fly, without comparing it to something else.

fanatacist

10319 Posts

September 05 2009 03:50 GMT

#53

On September 05 2009 11:54 Monokeros wrote:
This could be a plot for a manga in Japan and you could have superpowers based on being able to analzye the pitch of someones Oh I dont know where I'm going with this.

Physician

United States4146 Posts

September 05 2009 04:02 GMT

#54

- if u can speak a tonal language (i.e. mandarine, cantonese, and to a lesser degree vietnamese) ur likelihood of having perfect pitch is 9 times greater than if you speak a non-tonal language (e.g English) - in other words language itself can be enough training for perfect pitch (if learned early enough)
but yeah training in music helps too : )

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519172202.htm

phosphorylation

United States2935 Posts

September 05 2009 04:15 GMT

#55

fanaticist probably thinks hes the funniest and cleverest guy in the world..

fanatacist

10319 Posts

September 05 2009 04:35 GMT

#56

On September 05 2009 13:15 phosphorylation wrote:
fanaticist probably thinks hes the funniest and cleverest guy in the world..

You probably think you have me all figured out. You probably also think that after reading a few posts of mine on a website, you have a great deal of insight in my life. This is a very naive belief and I hope that you reform it, or that at least it does not seep into your life in person, because it is one of the defining traits of an idiot - someone who thinks they are smarter or more insightful than they really are.

phosphorylation

United States2935 Posts

September 05 2009 04:37 GMT

#57

I just respond to what you post on this website (which usually seems like bunch of rubbish to me) -- nothing more and nothing less. I cannot claim to have you figured out. It seems like YOU are the one making the assumptions, labeling me an idiot and claiming that I am really less smart than I think I am.

Perguvious

United States1783 Posts

September 05 2009 04:39 GMT

#58

On September 05 2009 13:37 phosphorylation wrote:
I just respond to what you post on this website (which usually seems like bunch of rubbish to me) -- nothing more and nothing less. I cannot claim to have you figured out. It seems like YOU are the one making the assumptions, labeling me an idiot and claiming that I am really less smart than I think I am.

I think I am quite confused D:

koreasilver

9109 Posts

September 05 2009 04:45 GMT

#59

On September 05 2009 12:27 lazz wrote:

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umm you realise any decent guitar/bass player can tune without external tools right? you just play an E or whatever on another string and then adjust the other string until they match...

That's being in tune with each other, but if none of the strings are in concert pitch to begin with then you won't get shit tuned properly.

On September 05 2009 09:56 Wangsta wrote:

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When I say tune my guitar, I mean I can get the pitches exactly right (EADGBE), it's not just in tune to itself.

????

phosphorylation

United States2935 Posts

September 05 2009 04:50 GMT

#60

For the OP to acquire actual perfect pitch, he needs to gain similar familiarity with every other note in the equal temperament as he has with the D. With a very thorough familiarity, even differences in timbre (E on a guitar opposed to the same note on a piano) will not throw him off. Eventually, with enough familiarity, he will be able to tell the pitch of a clap or someone talking.
Hypothetically, at least.