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Absolute pitch (AP)

Vocabulary youll need


Pitch (nota) Key (escala) Tone (tonalitat) Chord (acord)

Whats absolute pitch?


Ability to name or reproduce a tone without a reference. Varying degrees Identify individual pitches Name a key or a chord Sing a given pitch Name noises

History
19th century British and German researches Positive pitch, musical ear, The skill is not exclusively musical Has been demonstrated in animals

Difference in cognition
Auditory system is not different The way they analyze sounds is different

Linguistics
Common in tonal languages Possible pitch variations Chinese, Vietnamese.

Correlation with musical talent


Perform better tasks like transcription No influence on the ability of a musician Mozart, Beethoven.

Relative pitch
Skill which can be learnt The distance of a musical note Identify intervals Differences between major, minor, diminished and augmented intervals Used by singers

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