Perfect Pitch?

I, for one, am glad I do not have perfect pitch. It would seem a curse to agonize over missed notes occuring during any performance.

Charlie

I second that,just about everything has pitch problems. How could you enjoy anything?

I think some may be confusing 'perfect pitch' with sense of relative pitch. If there is really such a thing as 'tone (should actually be 'pitch', I suppose) deafness', that would be the inability to recognize discordant relative pitch, and I for one don't really believe this exists, though obviously there will be different degrees of proficiency in recognizing subtle disharmony or wandering intonation. 'Perfect pitch' is supposed to be the ability to correctly identify pitches as named notes, not some extraordinary sensitivity to out-of-tuneness in ensemble, which based on my own experience is easily enough perceived even by those who don't possess perfect pitch. However, I have heard where those who do have perfect pitch ability can sometimes be driven to distraction when a piece is played in fine and consistent relative harmony, but just a bit off from what their brain tells them is the 'correct' absolute frequency of the key in question.

I have it and I am partly happy with it and partly not. The good thing is that I can adjust to a higher pitched piano in a concert hall f.e.without being distracted too much. The great thing having perfect pitch is a deeper sense of listening INTO the music. Like looking at a very colorfull picture and being able to see all the little hints of different colors very precisely.
The drawback is that all the "historical" recorded or played stuff really is confusing at times when you know it should be b-minor and actually is b flat minor for your hearing. The worst is that it is impossible to sing or play different notes from those on the paper if you are making music. A written c has to be a c or you get crazy.