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jc6chan
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 Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject: Perfect/Absolute Pitch |
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| Does anyone here have perfect pitch (also called absolute pitch)? Like I can recognize all keys on a piano except for the ones at the really high and really low ends. I have read that 1 in 10 000 people from the general population have pp (gonna use short form now) while 5% (or 1 in 20) people who are autistic have pp. |
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verticalmum
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wow jc6chan, Im jealous.....I am guitarist and drummer, and although it doesn't take me long to work out how to play something on guitar whenI hear it, I can't always get it first time, so no, I don't have perfect pitch.
I once played in a band with a guitarist that had perfect pitch, it was amazing.......
wow......do you play a musical intrument at all?? jealous as......
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jc6chan
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| verticalmum wrote: | wow jc6chan, Im jealous.....I am guitarist and drummer, and although it doesn't take me long to work out how to play something on guitar whenI hear it, I can't always get it first time, so no, I don't have perfect pitch.
I once played in a band with a guitarist that had perfect pitch, it was amazing.......
wow......do you play a musical intrument at all?? jealous as......
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Ya i play the piano and violin, i stopped taking lessons in gr11 and 12 for violin and piano i think, but i still occasionally play. I think it was because of my aspergers syndrome that i had an obsession with just playing random notes on the piano and i somehow was able to recognize the notes. The weird thing was that i can't sing a note perfectly and i think it only works well with piano tones. |
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sinsboldly
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:24 am Post subject: Re: Perfect/Absolute Pitch |
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| jc6chan wrote: | | Does anyone here have perfect pitch (also called absolute pitch)? Like I can recognize all keys on a piano except for the ones at the really high and really low ends. I have read that 1 in 10 000 people from the general population have pp (gonna use short form now) while 5% (or 1 in 20) people who are autistic have pp. |
yeah, I do. I can hit all the notes with my voice, too, which is also quite good.
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verticalmum
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jc6chan,
thats still pretty cool though!!
sinsboldly,
woah, thats awsome!! |
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Boomkin
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| jc6chan wrote: | | Ya i play the piano and violin, i stopped taking lessons in gr11 and 12 for violin and piano i think, but i still occasionally play. I think it was because of my aspergers syndrome that i had an obsession with just playing random notes on the piano and i somehow was able to recognize the notes. The weird thing was that i can't sing a note perfectly and i think it only works well with piano tones. |
I also have perfect pitch. Took violin and oboe lessons for about 6 years. Coincidentally I also quit lessons around grade 12. The pressure of recitals and contests was getting to me among other things. I am also not a gifted singer!
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sinsboldly
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| verticalmum wrote: | jc6chan,
thats still pretty cool though!!
sinsboldly,
woah, thats awsome!! |
yeah, but you can't take me anywhere, because my ears are so sharp I only find pleasing harmonics in the sounds of nature around me.  When I am in a disharmonic ambiance it is my own special torture.
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verticalmum
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Hi sinsboldly,
Doh, never thaught of that, of course, like when I go and see a band and the drummer is out of time or the guitars out of tune, I have to leave...must be tripple intense for you.....I get what your saying.... |
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Who_Am_I
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I have perfect pitch. As a musician, a good sense of relative pitch is more valuable. I do use my sense of pitch for a few things, but nothing that I couldn't have figured out other ways of doing.
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Sati
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| How do you know if you have perfect pitch? I played piano and violin for years, but I haven't done anything musical in over a decade and I can't remember if I did. |
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sufi
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My nephew, who I suspect is an aspie, is a drummer and music teacher who has perfect pitch.
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Who_Am_I
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| Sati wrote: | | How do you know if you have perfect pitch? I played piano and violin for years, but I haven't done anything musical in over a decade and I can't remember if I did. |
There are 2 kinds: active and passive. Passive, the more common one, is where one can identify notes upon hearing them, without having a reference pitch. Active is where one can produce any note with one's voice without having a reference pitch.
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I have no musical knowledge but I found a website once where you listened to familiar tunes (American mostly) like Happy Birthday etc and rated whether it was correct or incorrect. Some were only a tiny bit off and some I had to listen to again and then guess. I got a high score-like 26/30. I can tell when something is off because it makes me cringe.
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jc6chan
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| Aimless wrote: | | I have no musical knowledge but I found a website once where you listened to familiar tunes (American mostly) like Happy Birthday etc and rated whether it was correct or incorrect. Some were only a tiny bit off and some I had to listen to again and then guess. I got a high score-like 26/30. I can tell when something is off because it makes me cringe. |
what was the website? |
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