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Who has it?

I'm pretty sure I made a topic like this in the old forums but you guys are new so I wouldn't know.

If I'm not mistaken... Co.20 and Dekutrombonist possess this ability.

Interesting thought. xD

I'm certain that my dad has it since he can name notes of random things like ring tones. But neither Saria or I have enough musical training to confirm it for ourselves :D

Specifically, I'm curious about about our fellow NSM AZNs...

Quote from: Ruto on February 25, 2011, 09:16:51 AMSpecifically, I'm curious about about our fellow NSM AZNs...

I only have relative pitch. If I hear a note I sing it and relate it to a song I know the first note to.

I used to be perfect pitch, but I haven't tested it for years... brb.


Edit: NOOO. Maybe I'll get it back, eventually....

Do I have Perfect Pitch? Nope.

If I try hard enough I can recognise a D. That's about it. Nothing relative, perfect or relatively perfect in there. :P

Do I have a perfect pitch? I am not AZN==> NO! Just kidding^^. I don't think that I have a perfect pitch... when I listen really carefully to a piece I can tell you the key of the piece^^. But I suck at naming notes. :)

Don't have perfect pitch. I can relate most of the notes to certain song beginnings but I can't relate them all. I just tried this and I can relate all the others except D, G, C# and G#.

I can recognize a middle C... usually. Might go and attempt to train it a bit.

I no has perfect pitch.

I can always recognize an F and an A Flat nothing else :P

Shockingly, I think I have perfect pitch.

Shocking, isn't it?

It depends on what you mean. For me I think I have perfect pitch in 2 cases.

1) Well, yeah, I can hear out notes... sometimes :P Like I tried ear-ing out a song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urfjyj4FnUc) one random day in orchestra, and I hit the first note (C) right on the spot and just progressed from there. Other times, I have to use relative pitch.

2) When I have to tune my cello, I get easily annoyed xP I have to tune my strings to my "perfect" A, D, G, C, and if a violin asks me to, an E. :P Not a semitone higher or lower.

I kinda do. I have to tune a bunch of shit on most of the instruments I play. I do can recognize and tune w/o a tuner with: Bb, A, Eb, F and C. The rest I can do relative to those.

I think it's a pretty nice skill to have and especially useful if writing music. Wow I've been out of it so long I don't remember what the word is for writing down music you hear. Transcribing?

Quote from: Psychic_Ness on February 27, 2011, 06:33:57 PMTranscribing?

Yup, that's it.

Perfect pitch simply isn't necessary. Just something to boast about (though I don't know why).

Perfect pitch makes it easier to transcribe...that's all I know. But it doesn't make you better at music than the next guy.

Some of the music majors I know actually joke about perfect pitch being more of an annoyance. When someone hits a wrong note, the guy (with perfect pitch) gets really irritated and stomps out of the room.  Think of the "bitchy artist" type of fit.


No offense, guys....

Nor do I have perfect pitch. I can't even tune by ear hardly. Whenever I transcribe, I have to play along to the song with an instrument (my guitar usually) until the note I'm playing matches the note in the song. I'm getting a little faster at it cause it's starting to take fewer guesses to get the right pitch though. I guess I just know when something sounds harmonious and in key, but I couldn't tell you what note or key it is just by hearing it.

And I've heard the same thing about perfect pitch Ruto. People say that it is really frustrating when something sounds off.

Yeah, I can imagine. "Mooooommmm, your toilet needs retuning!"

Alright nevermind. I only have perfect pitch if I play Mad World in the morning. then i can remember the pitch of an A flat and tune everything to it.

That's not perfect pitch, that's relative pitch.

Yep :P

Perfect pitch means you can:

   * 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 (without reference to an external tone)
    * Identify and name all the tones of a given chord or other tonal mass
    * Accurately sing a given pitch without an external reference
    * Name the pitches of common everyday noises such as car horns
    * Identify the numerical value in hertz of a given note.

Perfect pitch becomes really useful when you're tuning notes to semitones. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buGvGMvtwgI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHHzop0ha6Y

The ensemble in the first vid is tuned to a more "historically correct A" (which sounds really good imo).

The ensemble in the second vid is tuned to A 440 (or close. Idk, I didn't attempt to find out :P).

no perfect pitch here-dont need it. :)

Quote from: winterkid09 on February 28, 2011, 01:57:54 PMYep :P

Perfect pitch means you can:

   * 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 (without reference to an external tone)
    * Identify and name all the tones of a given chord or other tonal mass
    * Accurately sing a given pitch without an external reference
    * Name the pitches of common everyday noises such as car horns
    * Identify the numerical value in hertz of a given note.

nvm then.

I can recognize F and C. And sometimes A.

I have relative pitch down... I'm still trying for perfect pitch. :) I can usually tell what an individual note played on piano is... that's about it, more than one note and I get confused. xD

I can usually tune my violin decently without a piano... which is good since I don't have tuning pipes :P

And I can identify notes simply because I know what a C sounds like.  :-\

I don't have perfect pitch by any means. But I try my best. I have to practise a lot because one must be good at pitching to sing. I am really good at discerning out of tune notes (in a bitchy artist way). I get terribly annoyed when someone hands me a tuner as a courtesy gesture. Musicians should use a tuner whenever possible though. It furthers your training...but WHEN I know very well that I'm playing with perfect pitch, it really bothers me. Especially because usually, someone who plays ignorantly out of tune is the one offering me the tuner. T.T Singing with a tuner is incredibly beneficial though. And watching your tuner is a great way to hone your craft as you play most any instrument. Percussion players only ever need to tune BEFORE playing, so something like a tuner when playing isn't as important in this case.

My brother and I like to play a game where we play a note and make the other guess the note. It's a fun way to practise perfect/relative pitch. C: He's waaaay better than me at it. Lol. He uses relative pitch, but I swear it's nearly perfect. He almost always guesses within a semi-tone, little bastard. (I'm a better musician though, bahahaha. Okay. I'm 3 years older and have a more mature voice. He's great. ^_^)

TOPIC REVIVAL CUZ AWSM!

I have perfect pitch. And it's exactly how Ruto stated it. I don't stomp out of the room, though. That's just rude.

I don't have perfect pitch, but I think I have it pretty close - which is a very vital skill for a horn player. XD
My piano instructor has perfect pitch, though, and it amazes me when she hears a song and then just plays it, both hands, and even having a conversation with me to boot! D:

Yes. I haz it.

Quote from: Dudeman on May 27, 2012, 05:15:47 PMYes. I haz it.

ftwz

I've got it with a few select notes. A, B, D, & E.

I've got an insanely bad ear for G though.

I can get C and then find any other note from there. Mine is different though. I can usually get the C without too much trouble, but I base it on what I hear in my head. What you guys are talking about seems to be more like hearing a note and saying what it is. I can say that I'll hum a note and hum the correct one.

Unfortunately, when I listen to music, it gets screwy, and instead of finding C, I'll find the base of the key. If it's in the key of G major, I'll find the G. Sometimes that works.

I have an awful ear. Takes about 1.5 seconds for me to match a sound with my voice. I have to use a program that finds the notes for me for transcribing even xD

I do all my arrangements by ear. I've never used any sort of transcribing program, and I can usually just base it on what the notes sound like in finale.

EDIT: By the way, I bet not a single one of you can guess how I remember an augmented fourth. (Considering I'm asking, don't guess the obvious two.)

Omg it is sooooooooooo easy to hear a tritone. You don't even have to relate it to anything.

I know, but when I hear it I think of a certain song. That's what I mean. You don't need to relate it to something to hear it, but when you hear it you relate it to something. Most people hear "Maria" or "The Simpsons". I go to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. There is a recurring part in there throughout the series.

Need some immediate tension? Tritone!

Lol! It works well too. *play C Major scale* *C and F#!!* *epic song has been created*

I just have good relative pitch.
If I've been playing a song on the piano that's in C Major, I can remember what note it starts on and find any note from there.

I can recognize notes by name by hearing them, but as far as singing them? Not really.

Quote from: Zunawe on May 28, 2012, 09:46:15 PMLol! It works well too. *play C Major scale* *C and F#!!* *epic song has been created*

Acoustic scale is awesome. It's my favorite.

I seem to have perfect pitch subconciously but when I'm actually trying to find the right notes it doesn't come.  Once I was having a haircut and was having fun humming chords, and somehow my fingers were playing a B-flat major scale.  Immediately after I found out at the piano the shaver was running at B-flat. 

The only pitch I can conciously find is A. 

I think I have perfect pitch, as long as I hum the note in question. I've gotten so used to tuning the timpani (even though I'm not a percussionist) that I can tell the note.