<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16681" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>People who like facts will find many of interest on the phenomenon known as absolute or perfect pitch at <A href="mhtml:{DC568EBD-41D8-40BD-BE57-C3774DE1907E}mid://00004918/!x-usc:http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu/">http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>There is also a test you can take to determine if you have this ability.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>There was a good discussion of this topic and study on CAUT about a year ago.  Several members took the test, and also reported on their lifetime experience, including the gradual loss of the ability in middle age.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>There were also various reports of extreme accuracy in perception of A at 440 hz.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>