Graham English

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

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 music that is out of tune. I believe this [...]

Hearing and Consciousness

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 “wires” of neurons are finished off with fatty sheaths that insulate the neurons, [...]

Naked Pitch

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 sure I was remembering the other song correctly, [...]

Music: A Mind Altering Substance

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 Friends, Law and Order and M*A*S*H.
They were required to differentiate between the original theme and a transposed version where pitch, [...]

Some Important Absolute Pitch Distinctions

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 ability to sing or hum a pitch without hearing it first.
Passive Absolute Pitch is the ability to identify [...]

No Absolute Pitch Teleclinic tonight

There will be no Absolute Pitch Teleclinic tonight due to the holidays. See you next Thursday.
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