Absolute pitch

"Perfect pitch" redirects here. Not to be confused with Pitch Perfect.

Absolute pitch (AP), often called perfect pitch, is the ability to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone.[1][2] AP may be demonstrated using linguistic labelling ("naming" a note), associating mental imagery with the note, or sensorimotor responses. For example, an AP possessor can accurately reproduce a heard tone on a musical instrument without "hunting" for the correct pitch.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Ward, W.D. (1998). "Absolute Pitch". In D. Deutsch (ed.). The Psychology of Music (Second ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 265–298. ISBN 0-12-213564-4.
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  4. ^ Zatorre, Robert (July 2003). "Absolute pitch: a model for understanding the influence of genes and development on neural and cognitive function". Nature Neuroscience. 6 (7): 692–695. doi:10.1038/nn1085. PMID 12830161. S2CID 7431996.
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