Benjamin Strange said:
I don't. It's kind of like penis pumps. If the actually worked, every body would be talking about how great they are. But yet, you can't find anybody who will admit to actually trying one. Because they don't work. If this perfect pitch thing was possible, then why isn't everybody jumping on it? I would love to have perfect pitch, as I play fretless 90% of the time. But other than the ads I hear nothing about it. So, bah! I say! Bah!
The difference between perfect pitch and penis enlargement(which by the way you otherwise make a very good point) is that 'perfect' pitch *is* acquirable but it takes *a lot* of hard work and dedication, whereas penis enlargement and other such scams are pushed through lies of "just 2 weeks and already 3 inches OMGWTF?!?!" whereas the perfect pitch stuff, sure they market it as an easy efficient way to do things, but they aren't claiming any miracle here. whether their method is optimum is debatable, everyone learns differently, Scott for instance is partially color blind, so their method of color-pitch association wouldn't be too helpful for him, but maybe burrito-pitch association would.
Ultimately, what you can acquire is 'perfect' pitch, but it's unlike traditional perfect pitch, but functionally it's the same or better, and that's what is important imo.
Here's a pithy example, but stay with me a second. I can sing low F , consistently 100% in tune, I didn't used to be able to do that, somewhere along the line it stuck in my memory, and now I can use it as a launching point to hear other notes. My relative pitch is good enough that I can, when I concentrate, spout off like I have perfect pitch. Now, what's to say that 10 years from now, I won't start remembering F, AND G and C and C# and D and E, eventually, I may not have 100% solid recognition of every note, but, the possibility is still there.
