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Re:If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate thi... by jefftk on Monday October 17, 2022 @09:20AM (#33233080)
> It happened more than once to me that some instrument had been detuned a semitone up or down and I noticed because the resulting music felt different.

I suspect this is you having some amount of absolute pitch? It's pretty common! What's rare is reliably and quickly identifying pitches without a reference, though even this can often be learned with practice.

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Re:If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate thi... by atoav on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:39PM (#33239232)
I just might. Although I also have a deep love for microtonal or otherwise non-equal tempered music (even accidenrally detuned instrument can sound very great and interesting at times).
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