Graham English

Posts Tagged ‘Absolute Pitch’

Do You Consider That Each Note Has A Different Character?

Ross: Hi, do you consider that each note has a different character? If so, have you found that the same qualities of the same notes are heard by different people (eg. F# = bright, Eb = dull)? If not, what do you see as the point of learning AP besides using it as a party [...]

What’s The Most Powerful Technique For Perfect Pitch?

Jim: Ok, I just want to know what you think the most powerful technique for perfect pitch is. I usually just play an A chord and then randomly choose a note to figure out. It works pretty good but Im sure you’ve got a better trick.
Graham: Jim, here’s what I think the most powerful technique [...]

Is There A Quick And Easy Way Of Acquiring Absolute Pitch?

Shaan: I work during the day and have little time in evening. I really really want absolute pitch is there a quick and easy way of acquiring this skill?
Graham: Shaan, can you commit 15 minutes a day 5 days a week? In my experience, that’s all you need. I still practice my listening skills about [...]

Thursday’s Blogathon Was A Hit…

Thanks to everybody who participated in Thursday’s Absolute Pitch Power Blogathon.
If you couldn’t make it, go check out the comments. It was top-notch conversation.

The Socratic Method Used On 3rd Graders To Teach Them Binary Arithmatic

The experiment was to see whether I could teach these students binary arithmetic (arithmetic using only two numbers, 0 and 1) only by asking them questions.
Very good read. I wonder how I could use this to teach Absolute Pitch. read more.

Tonight’s Absolute Pitch Power Blogathon

I just wanted to remind you about tonight’s Absolute Pitch Power Blogathon.
Visit this post any time after 7PM EST Thursday evening and ask any question about absolute pitch in the comments area.
I might be tired, but I’m staying up until 4 AM my time!
See you there.

Absolute Pitch Power Blogathon

On Thursday January 19th from 7PM until 2AM EST I’ll be sitting here at my computer answering EVERY one of your questions about how to learn absolute pitch in as short a time as possible.
This is your opportunity to learn ALL of my absolute pitch shortcuts!
Here’s how it works:
Visit this post any time after 7PM [...]

No Absolute Pitch Teleclinic tonight

There will be no Absolute Pitch Teleclinic tonight due to the holidays. See you next Thursday.
About our Absolute Pitch Power 7-day Test-Drive…
I’m really interested in answering your most important questions about learning absolute pitch. And if you’re already a customer, what are your biggest challenges? Please comment below.

Free Absolute Pitch Power 7-Day Test-Drive?

How many of you would like to take a free 7-day test-drive of Absolute Pitch Power?
If so, what would you like to see in this test-drive? Video, audio, proof? You name it – and the more specific you are, the more I’ll be able to deliver.
Please comment.

Holiday Ear Training

If you’re anything like me, then you’re being pulled in a thousand different directions during the holiday season. Where does ear training fit into your list of priorities?
For me, ear training is what I do first thing in the morning… well, that is… after I’ve had my coffee. But music is more than [...]

Ernst Terhardt Writes About Absolute pitch

Dr. Terhardt was kind enough to allow me to reprint his research on absolute pitch.
The term absolute pitch (AP) denotes a person’s ability to form an internal auditory image of any musical tone labeled by an appropriate symbol (note, letter) such that the person can both aurally identify an acoustically presented tone (“passive AP”) and [...]

Research On Absolute Pitch

…these results indicate that, in principle, AP can be learned – or one should rather say, developed or activated.
In 2000, Ernst Terhardt published research on absolute pitch that proves absolute pitch can be learned.
…the ability to recognize absolute pitch was found in a number of birds, and a frog. This indicates that AP is an [...]