Perfect Pitch
Singing
Perfect pitch (also known as absolute pitch
AP) is the ability of a person to identify or recreate a
musical note without the benefit of an external reference.
A person with perfect pitch can name a note and sing it
without hearing the pitch first. For example, someone with
perfect pitch can sing Middle C correctly without hearing
it first and having to match the pitch. They can also pick
up a piece of music that they've never heard and sing all
the correct notes without hearing the first note.
Perfect pitch
training
Due to the amount of perfect pitch ear training courses and
perfect pitch training software on the market, many people
falsely believe that adults can develop perfect pitch. Whatever
you might have heard, as an adult you can't develop perfect
pitch you can only develop
relative pitch.
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So how does perfect pitch work?
Just as most people have learned to recognize and name the
color blue by the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation
that is perceived as light, it is possible that those who have
had early (somewhere between the ages of 3 and 6) and
meaningful exposure to the names of musical tones will be
likely to identify, for example, middle C.
Is perfect pitch
genetic?
Many people believe that perfect pitch might be genetic,
though others think it might be nothing more than a general
human capacity that is influenced by the level and type of
exposure to music that people experience in a given culture.
It's been shown for example that absolute pitch is more common
among speakers of tonal languages such as most dialects of
Chinese or Vietnamese.
Can people with perfect pitch
sing every note in tune?
No, if someone has perfect pitch it does not mean that
he can automatically sing every note in tune.
Possessors of perfect pitch exibit the ability in varying
degrees. Generally perfect pitch implies some or all of the
following abilities:
- Identify by name individual pitches (e.g. A, B, C#)
played on various instruments
- Name the key of a given piece of tonal music just by
listening
- Identify and name all the tones of a given chord or
other tonal mass
- Sing a given pitch without an external reference
- Name the pitches of common everyday noises such as car
horns
Should I give up on singing
if I don't have perfect pitch?
No of course not! In fact very few singers have
perfect pitch but this is not a problem because perfect
pitch is not necessary to sing well. Although you will
never develop perfect pitch, you can improve
your relative pitch with ear training software like
the Perfect Your Pitch Trainer
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