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Learning Perfect Pitch ad in BPM

#21
Dr. Jim,
That was a great post. Thank you.

I'm assuming most of us can agree that absolute/perfect pitch is a valuable tool to have.

Without scientific evidence supporting perfect pitch can be learned, and insufficient understanding of what conditions are required to learn it, I'm going to pass on the BPM ad and stick with improving my relative pitch.

Note: In this case BPM indicates Bass Player Magazine :>)

A big thanks to all for chiming in on this discussion.
 
#22
Also, blind people have a heightened sense of sound and pitch. Used to play with a blind person. We would all tune before practice, start a song and Randy would stop us and tell which person what string was out of tune. Then he would check all of us, one by one. Sure beat replays. I got a new Punch EQ for my car stereo, first thing I did was let Randy dial it in for me. It may explain why people with special needs can excel at music.
 
#24
Semi-related, I just watched a special on Discovery about someone with an extremely rare version of synesthesia. Her name is Elisabeth Sulser, and here's an excerpt from a website

"When Elisabeth Sulser hears music – or even individual tones – she finds that what she is hearing is projected onto a “screen” in her head. The result is a constantly changing, kaleidoscopic painting. Colours change with the tempo, and the forms reflect musical figures: C – red, D – yellow, E – brown, F – green, G – dark blue, A – light blue, B – grey, C sharp – pink, D sharp – maroon, F sharp – violet, G sharp – turquoise, B flat – gold.


For Elisabeth Sulser intervals have a taste: that is, she perceives tones separated by less than an octave as a taste on her tongue. A minor second “tastes” sour; a minor third, salty; a major third, sweet; and a fifth like a glass of water. A minor sixth tastes like whipping cream, a major sixth like half-and-half; a minor seventh is bitter, similar to a major second; and a major seventh is sour, like a minor second."

She has a cd which I'm pretty tempted to get it.
 
#25
BruisedOoze said:
...someone with an extremely rare version of synesthesia. Her name is Elisabeth Sulser, and here's an excerpt from a website...She has a cd which I'm pretty tempted to get it.
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Can you post a link? Is she a composer? Thanks.
 
#27
rogueman said:
What a novel idea, Dr. Jim, make a band of absolute pitch members. What a band that would be.
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Uh...did I suggest that? Gee, I am corn-fused. :p :p :p

Actually, according to a study I read in Lundin's (text author) Musical Acoustics book (I think), a high percentage (~60%) of orchestral musicians in top European orchestras have absolute pitch--but I don't think that is what you mean---can you elaborate? :D :D :D
 
#28
Can you post a link? Is she a composer? Thanks.
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Well here's her web page. It's natively in Deutsch, and only some of the pages possess options to turn it to English. I quoted from the Synasthesie menu item.

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If you search for her name you can find other links.

I saw her on e Discovery special called Superhumans. People with various types of abilities. Like someone who has been blind for his entire life but can paint in 3D. Here's a link to the special.

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I had a friend who recorded off of TiVo but you might be able to find it elsewhere.
 
#29
BruisedOoze said:
For Elisabeth Sulser intervals have a taste: that is, she perceives tones separated by less than an octave as a taste on her tongue. A minor second “tastes” sour; a minor third, salty; a major third, sweet; and a fifth like a glass of water. A minor sixth tastes like whipping cream, a major sixth like half-and-half; a minor seventh is bitter, similar to a major second; and a major seventh is sour, like a minor second."
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I wonder what her favorite meal is, is there a certain wine she enjoys with certain chords and or intervals?

Stupid I know but I do wonder.
 
#31
Well, just form a band requiring everybody to accomplished and have perfect pitch. Sometimes i get brainstorms, but mostly drizzles. I'm sure most of the famous bands have at least one member like that. Paul McCartney, and Elton John would probably fit in that category.
 

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