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Does anybody else have perfect pitch? I've been searching everywhere for someone who does, but to no avail. Just wondering if there's anybody else who actually has it.

Yeah, it can help with tuning issues...but have you ever tried to play a piano that is more than a fourth of a note flat on each key? *shudders* It's like torture to the ears. x_x

It's kinda funny, though. My friends will randomly play any key on the piano and demand that I name it. sweatdrop I didn't realize I actually had it until a few years ago.

^^lol; My friends do that too. They also play songs in different keys and tell me to name it.

I only realized like 3 years ago that I've had it for all my life. Like, when I was little and didn't know notes, I would have a distinctive colour for every key. (mainly blue for sharps and yellow for flats and orange for keys like E major)
I'd always try and tell people how cool it was, but I only realized a few years ago that they couldn't understand because they didn't know much of a difference.

It's a really cool advantage, like ear training...lmao...I can't remember the last time I got anything less than perfect. Also, for a bonus mark, my teacher wanted us to find out what note he played for rhythmic notation and everyone looked at me and started bursting out in laughter.

I remember watching Rocky Horror and listening to the first number (Dammit, Janet) with some friends. On the last note, I hear something and to break the silence I say, "She's sharp," and my friends laughed so hard. (They knew what I was talking about too.)

But then again, being so privileged does make me bored in class sometimes and some people hate me when I hear something and play it on the piano no problem. So, gift and curse, definitely.

I don't have what you'd call perfect pitch (i.e. I can't just name a random note), but I'd say I have excellent pitch, in that I can tell when an instrument or voice is a tad bit flat or sharp, or when something isn't tuned properly. It used to bug the heck out of me when people in band wouldn't tune their instruments properly... grrr... on the other hand, I can tune my bass pretty much dead on without a tuner, so bonus there.

Well I have perfect pitch, I got it gradually by learning the Suzuki method way. That reminds me, any suzuki method people here?

Me too, especially with singers. It kills me when I watch a live performance and hear a person go out of tune *cough* Rihanna *cough*. Or listening TO A RECORDED SONG with someone going out of tune for THE ENTIRE SONG! *cough* Keyshia Cole *cough*

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method





(Disclaimer: I am working off of memory from my college classes, so if I get the details wrong, refer to the article or other sources.)

Suzuki was a Japanese music educator, and he developed a method of teaching instruments, at first for violin and piano, but was later expanded for many more instruments found in today's public education music classes. He believed that instructors ought to teach how to play an instrument similar to how a child grows up and learns the basics of how to live, such as walking, speaking, then reading and writing.

Thus, his method starts off in small baby steps, where they tackle one aspect of music and performance at a time. It is taught where the student mimics the instructor in the proper way, eventually coming to memorize the music they are practicing by rote. Parents are strongly encouraged to sit in the lessons and learn alongside their children so that they may be involved and help guide their children when it comes to home practice.

There is a lot of criticism about this technique alongside a lot of praise. The biggest fault is that reading music is not learned until several years of playing has passed, and when the student is immersed into an ensemble-type setting, they easily get confused with multiple parts and lose their spot.

There are books available in most Music Stores containing appropriate repertoire to study for various levels, whether one is using the Suzuki Method or not.