Perfect Pitch Training: You were born with it!

I came across this article by Daniel Tennenbaum and thought I would share it with you. Not exactly comprehensive but definitely will give you food for thought and encouragement that music ear training and perfect pitch is an ability we all posses.

As a musician, you have probably heard all of the amazing things people with absolute (perfect) pitch can do.

* Name random notes instantly without any additional reference.
* Learn entire song parts just by hearing them once.
* Tune an instrument perfectly with no tuner and no reference note.
* Compose entire songs, with multiple parts, in your head.


To be able to do these things would be truly amazing, right? But is it possible for you and me? Doesn't everyone say that only people who are born with perfect pitch can do these things? Can you learn perfect pitch?

The answer, unequivocally, is YES!

It is entirely possible to learn perfect pitch, and it won't take years and years either. The past few years have yielded some fantastic research into the subject of perfect absolute pitch. For instance, consider the following:

* German professor Otto Abraham argues that we are all born with perfect pitch; we just "unlearn" it as we grow older.
* Perfect pitch is actually an act of cognition, similar to our recognizing colors and the sounds of speech.
* The sense of hearing of a person with perfect pitch is no keener than someone without; they just have the ability to categorize tones into predefined pitch areas.

The above information clearly shows that perfect absolute pitch is not some mystical ability, but an actual technique that can be learned. This is an extremely exciting idea, and has led to the proliferation of many "courses" designed to teach musicians perfect pitch.

I know what you're thinking now: How do I learn perfect pitch?

Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?Perfect-Absolute-Pitch---Is-it-Right-For-You?&id=1570523

Good question and over the coming weeks I will give you some great ideas that will help you to achieve what the above article has been discussing.

Lesson One will be coming soon......