Personal Genome Project

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 recognize any note as related to any other one already sung; I also have perfect pitch, which means I can sing all songs and pieces and notes I have heard in the past in the same key, just as I hear them in my head. I used to be a violinist

At what age did you know you had absolute pitch?

6

Sing

Yes

Play a musical instrument

Yes

At what age did you start to play your first instrument?

3

What instrument or instruments do you play now?

I would but can no longer physically play or sing (vocal cords freeze, hands cannot feel, and have lost many functions in the past year)- previously: professionally- violin/viola/sing/piano/songwriter/arranger/composer/teacher- other instruments, too!

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

13

Is there any restriction to naming notes on instruments other than your primary instrument?

No

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?

languages, sense

Please explain

also in spelling/grammar/writing/art

Do you have any specific sensory associations with particular musical pitches (i.e. color, smell, taste etc...)?

Yes

Please explain

I do have some synesthesia capacities, particularly with color and poetry, among other strange oddities. In addition, if a piece is not played in the key in which it was originally composed, the mood and feeling are completely skewed. Sharp key pieces t

Have you noticed any changes in your absolute pitch ability with age?

No