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Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by troupe on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:06PM (#35754205)
I sincerely doubt that if you ask a professional musician with perfect pitch if they would "turn it off" they would say yes.
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Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by psychoslave on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:18PM (#35754295)
Is it necessarily something like "turned on h24 in every single sound"? I would be rather surprised that it would be the case in general.
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Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by zuminator on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:39PM (#35754517)
A person with perfect pitch can no more turn off knowing the pitch of a sound than a person with relative pitch can turn off knowing if one sound is a higher pitch than another.
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