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Perfect Pitch - Can you learn it? [message #67736] Fri, 05 May 2006 20:35 Go to previous message
Kim is currently offline  Kim
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Registered: October 2005
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Now there's a school of thought that says that either you've got it, or you
don't.

There's this guy on the other hand who reckons it can be learned, but then
he's in the business of convincing people of that:
http://www.perfectpitch.com/

I'm thinking of buying the course, but at $139 I wouldn't want to shell it
out for nothing. On the other hand if it works, then $139 is the bargain
of the century.

Does anybody here actually know anyone who has developed it? A person who
was a muso, and didn't have it, but then somehow learned it, or developed
it, later? Is it possible?

I have kinda of partial perfect pitch. I'm thinking that if anybody can develop
it that I would be able to. Sometimes I hear a song and know what key it's
in straight away. It can just be obvious to me. And if I start imagining
chords on piano usually I can hear them, and know what pitch they are, and
that they are right in my head, and know exactly what they would sound like
mostly. I can tune a guitar with no strings on it and get it within about
5-10 cents of in tune every time. But I can't reliably listen to a song on
the radio and just easily hear what key it's in each time, or what chord
is playing, or what note the melody is on. Often I can work it out, by referring
to other songs in my head, but I'm far from just recognising every note straight
off.

Do you think it's something that can be learned? Has anybody done it?

I know relative pitch is just a matter of training, but my relative pitch
is pretty good usually.

Any opinions?

Cheers,
Kim.

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