On: Acquiring absolute pitch in adulthood is difficult...

[paul7986]

So you have perfect pitch and does that equate to having a good quality singing voice (others enjoy listening to you)?

It is a weird phenomenon and I think songwriting is too .. like why do Melodies and lyrics (usually somewhat jumbled) I never heard before pop in my head? Where does that come from?

[williamdclt → paul7986]

> So you have perfect pitch and does that equate to having a good quality singing voice (others enjoy listening to you)?

At the simplest there's 2 components in enjoying somebody sing:

- They have a pretty-ish voice that they master. Absolute pitch doesn't help for that, just like it doesn't help for any other instrument.

- They sing on tune. Absolute pitch doesn't help either, anybody can tune themselves on a background music. Even if a capella, everybody without an absolute pitch won't know if you don't start on the right note

> like why do Melodies and lyrics (usually somewhat jumbled) I never heard before pop in my head? Where does that come from?

Pattern matching, which the brain is extremely good at

[LanceH → williamdclt]

Relative is far more important than absolute pitch. As long as the notes are precise distances apart, you'll get the harmonies you need.

Some people with absolute pitch are irritated to no end that tons of music isn't tuned to their idea of absolute pitch.

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch which describes how orchestras have tuned to different pitches historically.

[williamdclt → LanceH]

Yes, that is what I meant :)