Re: [LAU] Developing perfect pitch

Atte André Jensen wrote: I have never heard of anyone learning it. I know a few people who are almost there, but it's never 100 %. I have a story about absolute pitch, though: A friend of mine has absolute pitch and he came to jam with our band once. We had tuned down our guitars and basses to D. He played bass and tried to learn a couple of riffs, which was impossible. He learned by listening, but when he tried to play, the fretboard didn't make any sence to him. All the notes were in the wrong place. We gave up after a little while. My understanding of having "absolute pitch" is that it cannot be disregarded. It's just there, like the ability to see colors. I can wake up some mornings and "know" that a melody I hear in my head is in its' right pitch. And most of the time it is, when I check. But that's still far from absolute pitch. Another note on the subject: Some people who have had absolute pitch all their lives may find that when they get older their sence of pitch gets out of tune. I know this happened to guys like Alexander Glazunov (Russian composer) and Sviatoslav Richter (Russian pianist). How fun would that be?