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Perfect Pitch?

Heard a prof from McGill University this am on the radio researching perfect pitch and its evil cousin tone deafness. He has devised ways of ascertaining if a person as such a gift even if that person is not a musician and, therefore, does not have the musical vocabulary to express their perceptions. Question: how many of you have perfect pitch and do so-called golden ears ipso facto have such a gift?
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brauser
530 posts
 
Yes, I have it as well and it is a mixed blessing. The
amazing thing to me are the number of artists that have
incredible abilities but don't even have their instuments
truly in tune. Or worse yet, singers who get close to the
note their trying to hit and never quite get there. How
can this stuff really get to the marketplace? I was just
last night listening to Jesse Cook, who is a marvelous
talent on flamengo guitar, great stuff but PLEASE........
somebody get that instrument in key!!!
brauser
530 posts
 
Yes, I have it as well and it is a mixed blessing. The amazing thing to me are the number of artists that have
incredible abilities but don't even have their instuments
truly in tune. Or worse yet, singers who get close to the
note their trying to hit and never quite get there. How
can this stuff really get to the marketplace? I was just
last night listening to Jesse Cook, who is a marvelous
talent on flamengo guitar, great stuff but PLEASE........ somebody get that instrument in key!!!
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