[Harp-L] Perfect Pitch revisited

Robert Hale robert@xxxxx
Tue Mar 5 11:22:04 EST 2019


Pitch awareness is culturally referenced. How could it be genetic?
Unless it is claimed that a genetic sensibility gives the individual a
reliable pitch memory from early childhood, a frame of reference that
remains consistent and reliable.

Pitch memory seems a better term for discussion.

Robert Hale
Serious Honkage in Arizona
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 4:22 AM Winslow Yerxa via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
wrote:

> Absolute pitch (the preferred term nowadays) is thought to be genetic.


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