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<div>>...<font face="Arial" color="#000000"> absolute
pitch</font>...perfect pitch...</div>
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<div>Misnomers. Ego boosters. Pitch Recognition is a more appropriate
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<div>But add to that, what pitch center (A = 440, 442, 444?)and what
temperament.</div>
<div>String players will want to know <ascending pitch> or
<descending pitch>.</div>
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<div>Some people have a more acute sense of hearing than others.
Light waves</div>
<div>are frequencies too. Because I can recognize a color...does that
mean I have</div>
<div>absolute or perfect sight?</div>
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<div>I've read that some people are extra sensitive to certain
frequencies or also</div>
<div>can have a drop off of perception at certain frequencies.
For me, G# and D</div>
<div>are less easy to hear.</div>
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Jon Page</div>
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