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Absolute Pitch Prelimary Screening Responses -- hu95E182

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?
To be able to understand and replicate exact frequencies of sound.
At what age did you know you had absolute pitch?
10

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?
13
What instrument or instruments do you play now?
piano, guitar

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?
Yes
Please explain
I find piano very easy to pick out notes from, guitar less easily. Bowed instruments are harder still.

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, sense
Please explain
I competed in the Math Olympiad for several years as an elementary school child. I still have much better geometrical ability than anyone I know. (I deal in highly dimensional potential surfaces as a job now.) I have a knack for picking out the ingredi
Do you have any specific sensory associations with particular musical pitches (i.e. color, smell, taste etc...)?
Not sure
Please explain
Kind of... Not associated with notes, but musical key/chord progressions have distinct shapes.

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
Mother No Not sure