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Absolute Pitch Prelimary Screening Responses -- hu1F5BD6

Do you consider yourself to have a good sense of pitch in the following ways?

Can tell if notes are in tune:
Yes
Can sing a melody on key:
Yes
Can recognize musical intervals:
Yes
Do you have absolute pitch?
Yes

How would you define the ability of absolute pitch?
Defining notes/keys without reference (I.e. able to name note after a listen, match external sounds easily on piano or violin, etc)
At what age did you know you had absolute pitch?
5

What musical activities do you do now?

Sing
Yes
Play a musical instrument
Yes
At what age did you start to play your first instrument?
4
What instrument or instruments do you play now?
piano, violin

How many different notes can you hear simultaneously and still name individually?
3

Is there any restriction to naming notes on instruments other than your primary instrument?
Not sure
Please explain
No response given

Can you sing tones corresponding to musical notes if you are given the letter name of the note?
Yes

Do you have any exceptional abilities in the following areas?
math, languages, sense
Please explain
Fluent in several languages (English, French, Greek, Turkish), bad at several others (Albanian, German, Kurdish, Latin). Grad school formal logic (abandoned PhD focus on modal logic systems). Overly sensitive to background noise. Obviously a joy to ha
Do you have any specific sensory associations with particular musical pitches (i.e. color, smell, taste etc...)?
Yes
Please explain
Crossed lines since childhood -- associate notes with color. Mom and maternal geandmither had the same.

Have you noticed any changes in your absolute pitch ability with age?
Not sure

Family History

Relation Plays instrument Has absolute pitch Comments
Father No Not sure physicist, music lover, but not a player
Mother Yes Yes played guitar, trumpet