Perfect Pitch
Is it something you can learn?
-Taylor
Neat little IPad/IPod app to check out is "Nail That Note". It plays notes, then a second and asks you to call it higher or lower; does chords to identify major minor etc.; has intervals and scales for comparisons. The Lite version is free. It kind of fun and very interesting to find where your ears are at. I'm finding it useful for ear training as well. Still in my early days with it but definitely worth checking out at the price for the "Lite" version.
Sweet! I'll definitely check it out. Thank you,
Taylor
Absolute pitch is the current term for what used to be called perfect pitch.
Current thinking is that there is a genetic ability that a few folks have that enables them, generally without much in the way of training, to always know the name of the note they're hearing without any context.
Wanna know if you have it? Take a test at a UCSF study site: http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu/
You can train your pitch memory. I developed it to some extent just by singing in a choir. After awhile I could pick up a piece of choral music and sing the bass part and be on pitch. But I find that the ability comes and goes.
David Burge sells an ear training course for absolute pitch, claiming that it's easy to learn by using his system. Reports from users have varied from amazing to ripoff; I've never tried it.He use to advertise in music magazines, and he's still selling from his website: http://www.discount.perfectpitch.com/home.htm
Cool! Thank you so much! I'll check these sites out eventually. Trying to get my music theory down first so I can place it into context. Appreciate it.
-Taylor
i don't see the need for that!, relative pitch is more important(practical)...if you want to play alone or with others...
as long as you insure that all instruments are tuned to the same pitch.