Now this is perfect pitch

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Dave Little
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Now this is perfect pitch

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https://youtu.be/Pkx64H0F9Rk
Rick Beato’s kid
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Holy Cow!! :whoa: It would take me at least five minutes to decipher those chords ... NOT :P

Pretty amazing child. His biggest problem might be the first time he plays or sings with other less gifted people. It might be torturous for his ears.

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Savant? I love Dylan Beato. Singing and naming tone clusters!
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Wow! What a gift. It’ll be interesting to see him in 10 to 20 years to see what he gravitates to..
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Just out of curiosity, are there any apps , tuner apps, or any app game that tests your ability to “name that note”?
Watching that kid really makes me want to improve my ear.
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Answer to my own question—I found a little game at tonedear.com
And an app called ‘perfect pitch “
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He's got an ear

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He's no van gogh :alien:
He definitely has an ear!
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Holy guacamole!! I hope he will protect those wonderful ears over the years from damaging noises.
Incredible. :whoa: :whoa: :whoa: :whoa:
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Yeah, i love that clip. This guys youtube channel is great
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Rick has a few videos where he discusses perfect pitch. He says most people can actually acquire it if they are started out very young (infants/toddlers). If you're already old - Forget It!
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Some feel that perfect pitch isn't a blessing, it's a curse.
Everything sounds out of tune. :whoa:
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Erv Niehaus wrote:Some feel that perfect pitch isn't a blessing, it's a curse.
Everything sounds out of tune. :whoa:
Erv
I guess I’m not after perfect pitch (that might be a curse), but a modicum of extra ear skill to help identify keys and chords while jamming. The guys that I sit in with at the local watering hole don’t always clue me in on the key—I do know guitar well enough that if I can see their fret hand, I can usually figure it out. I’d love to *hear* the chord and key.
“Ahh, that chord is Ab7#5, carry on boys!”
They’d blow beer out their noses. :lol:
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Erv Niehaus wrote:Some feel that perfect pitch isn't a blessing, it's a curse.
Everything sounds out of tune. :whoa:
Erv
Definitely a curse. If you’ve ever been in a band with a person who has “perfect” anything - pitch, rhythm, hair... - you know what a pain they are.

Not to downplay ear-training. Without it, you are pretty much lost in a band.
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A good sense of relative pitch is a necessity, but perfect pitch is a curse if you have to work at a different one.
Anyway, what is "perfect"? A=440 is more or less an international standard now, but it's varied a lot over the centuries and I don't see how anyone can be born with it. So even if the ability to recognise absolute pitch is genetic, the calibration must take place after birth.
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I concur, Ian.
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