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Destroying The Myth That Music Is Annoying If You Have Absolute Pitch

March 31, 2007 By Graham English

There's a perpetually propagated myth that if you have absolute pitch, then if you listen to music that is out of tune, you have a bad experience. If there is any truth to this myth, it's definitely not an absolute. Some people may be disturbed by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, APP FAQ, Kind Of Blue, Language, Miles Davis, Mozart, myth, perfect pitch, personality, pitch, relative pitch, temperament, tempered scale, tuning

Hearing and Consciousness

August 21, 2006 By Graham English

From Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain Hearing is the first sense we develop in the womb. The regions of the brain that deal with hearing are the first to finish the developmental process called myelination, in which the connecting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, absolute pitch ear training, absolute sound, brain, consciousness, Ear Training, EarTrainingHacks, hearing, listening, listening practice, MindHacks, myelination, neurons, perfect pitch, pitch, senses, silence, sound, tuning fork, unconditional listening

Naked Pitch

June 28, 2006 By Graham English

This is what happened to me today. I was listening to a piece of music and the first chord was the same as another song I've listened to many times. The voicing, the instrument, everything was the same. I had never made that connection before. To be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, absolute sound, Ear Training, perfect pitch, pitch, pitch memory, pitch triggers, relative pitch

Music: A Mind Altering Substance

May 17, 2006 By Graham English

Research shows that people with musical training have different memory pathways compared to others. Mr Brennan tested the ability of 72 people, including musicians and non-musicians, to recognise musical themes from popular TV shows, such as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: brain, memory, mind, music, pitch, research

Some Important Absolute Pitch Distinctions

March 31, 2006 By Graham English

The following absolute pitch distinctions will help you determine where you currently are--if you possess any type of absolute pitch--and also help you identify your growth along the path of absolute pitch development. Active Absolute Pitch is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Absolute Pitch Power, active ap, passive ap, pitch

No Absolute Pitch Teleclinic tonight

December 29, 2005 By Graham English

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Absolute Pitch Power, active ap, passive ap, pitch

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