[pianotech] Perfect Pitch / Children

[CHARLES BECKER]

Can people with "perfect-pitch" sing any note before they hear it?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JimWilsonian at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Perfect Pitch / Children


  My friend Nate has a child Noah with perfect pitch.  From the age of 6 he's been able to identify notes played on the piano -- without seeing what you're playing.  You can play any note and he'll tell you what it is without hesitation.  He's 8 now and this gift is even more refined.  When I was there 2 weeks ago, I tried it out.  I played random clusters of notes and without being able to see the keyboard he could instantly pick out each note -- even dissonant clusters. He's also becoming a really good pianist and beginning to compose. Really amazing.  Nate is an accomplished studio musician, so one assumes that genetics played a role.  ... Then you add to the mystery that Noah's twin sister Sarah, while being a promising musician, does not share the same gift.  Pretty wild, huh?

  Jim Wilson


  pianotech-request at ptg.org writes:


    "Absolute pitch (AP), or perfect pitch, is the ability to name or
    reproduce a tone without reference to an external standard".






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