Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolute pitch

Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by colanderman on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:07PM (#35754218)

Intonation is a matter of relative pitch. I have good relative pitch, and can distinguish intonation to a degree.

People with absolute pitch can nonetheless distinguish pitch with better than semitone accuracy. This is why it's often a hindrance, because if an ensemble is tuned to a slightly different reference, it is quite noticeable to them.

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Re:Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolut... by anonymouskimmer on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:13PM (#35754257)

I've wondered if it's possible to train exact, frequency-based pitch, instead of this relative tuning-based absolute pitch. I wonder if that would be as discordant to the trained ear when switching to another tuning.

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