Absolute Pitch
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my take? i have this ability but it defies logic to say that i was born knowing the 12 tone well-tempered scale tuned to a440. i just for some reason remember pitches without really trying. i do the same thing with some numbers (sequences and such) neither of these things makes me a better musician (well maybe a little)
can it be learned? i would say so. if you focus on memorizing one pitch, then practice finding others through the use of relative pitch, i would think eventually you would be able to recognize all 12.
but what about the pitches in between the 12?? oy - how do you put a name on those? how many of those can we humans discern?? at what point does an "a" become "a#" or "ab" i shudder to think about it - heh heh
as dalty said, its the relationships (relative pitch) and their functions that are important, not the pitch names. knowing a pitch is an "a" would not be meaningful at all, but knowing it is the 3rd or a 7th or whatever would be.
i disagree. i haven't always been able to remember pitches as well as i do now. when i was younger i could never do this. but i have no problem now producing a specific pitch out of context. if i want to remember an a, i just think of the first note from "stairway to heaven". c is "let it be". d is "heaven on their minds" etc...
i just want to be able to go the other way so i can hear a note and quickly identify it. and i agree that relative pitch is a lot more important. it just seems a shame to not try to develop perfect pitch as well.
i seem to be doing perfectly fine when it comes to hearing and transcribing tunes and solos. i think it's more of an advantage to have perfect pitch than relative pitch. i developed it when i was first learning the violin. it took me a while to get me hearing correctly, but i did it. it has become a great thing for me in the last year or so. i am able to tell the exact note or notes in a chord when it comes to ear training. it gives me great practice when i try to transcribe things.
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