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Absolute Pitch Prelimary Screening Responses -- huD649F1

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?
I hear notes as crystalline sounds that are either spot-on or off-key. Listening to musical performances, I can hardly bare it if an instrument is the least bit out of tune, whereas the people I'm with are unaware of any problem. It's too long since I cou
At what age did you know you had absolute pitch?
8

What musical activities do you do now?

Sing
No
Play a musical instrument
No response given
At what age did you start to play your first instrument?
8
What instrument or instruments do you play now?
None now. Used to be violin (8 years) and clavé in a percussion jam group

How many different notes can you hear simultaneously and still name individually?
8

Is there any restriction to naming notes on instruments other than your primary instrument?
No
Please explain
It's long since I've played. It's about how I hear and listen.

Can you sing tones corresponding to musical notes if you are given the letter name of the note?
Not sure

Do you have any exceptional abilities in the following areas?
languages, sense
Please explain
Sensory - yes Languages learned and spoken with reading fluency in some. In order: Latin, Russian, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese. Polyphonic polyrhythmic music such as Mozambiquan & other African music
Do you have any specific sensory associations with particular musical pitches (i.e. color, smell, taste etc...)?
Not sure
Please explain
Emotion but we all do Polyphonies

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

Family History

Relation Plays instrument Has absolute pitch Comments
Father No Not sure Died some years ago. He was a certifed square dance caller in his local community and he, as my mom, had tastes in the 1940s-50s blues, 50s-60s folk, 40s-50s-2000s jazz, 1960s popular
Mother No Not sure She exposed us to a lot of the above. She was a seeker of new sounds.