How can I achieve, musically, Perfect Pitch?

Question

hopefully without spending much money.

Perfect Pitch is where you can hear any tone and know what note it is.

Answer 1

play a few instuments such as the piano and a stringed instument like a violin or a cello. i play the violin and the piano, and tuning my violin a lot made me KNOW when it is untuned, and i could almost tune it by ear now. the piano at my house is flat. i could tell now. it's right between naural and flat. it's really hard tying to memorize a tune. but i have been playing piano since i was 10 and the violin since middle school, and could almost tell what note is which. you wont need to spend any money, really. i still dont have my own violin. i borrow it from school, and join the orchestra (or band) if you want..

Answer 2

Perfect pitch is a gift some people are innately more gifted at than others. However, it has been shown that these talents can be developed through training and dedication. Look for a book called, "Developing Perfect Pitch" my book was published in the '50's and it describes associating colors with tones, after much study you recognize different tonalities the way a person "sees" different colors.
Different pitches (A,B,C,D,E,F,G) do indeed have different tones -- otherwise all composers would have composed their songs all in the same key. The different pitches have varied flavors, colors, and moods. After much training, anyone with enough dedication can learn to distinguish these variations.

Of note, my aunt has perfect pitch, and she can listen to the train, or the refridgerator whine, and tell you what note it is!

Answer 3

Perfect pitch is not something that can be developed. It is something that you are born with. However, you can train yourself to have relative pitch. The difference is that with perfect pitch, if you heard an A - 438, it would sound out of tune, until tuned to an A-440. Every day, several times a day, try to sing an A above middle C. Then check it right away on a piano or some other instrument that maintains its relative pitch. Eventually, you will have memorized A and can then find out other notes from that.

Answer 4

Firstly you need to devekop relative pitch. Get yourself a metronome that plays notes too (those little credit-card sized ones are small enough to carry around with you), and whenever you have a spare moment and wouldn't be disturbing others, just play the A to yourself. Sing it, and listen to it. Every time you pass a piano, play the A to yourself and sing it. Once you can hear it in your head without physically hearing it (test yourself by singing it, then listening to it), you'll have relative pitch. From then on, you can do this with other notes, and it should come much more easily to you.

Answer 5

You really can't. Perfect pitch is something you're born with- although it can develop in early childhood. You don't have to have perfect pitch to be a successful musician. Not all famous musicians/composers/etc. have perfect pitch. Brahms and Ravel are among those who didn't have perfect pitch. You CAN improve your ear through what's known as ear training. (Try goodear.com) Singing major/minor scales will help develop your ear because it teaches your ear to listen for the difference in half steps and whole steps. Another tidbit of info- Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky were among the composers who had perfect pitch.

Answer 6

you have to be born with perfect pitch...sorry :(
but people can train to have very good relative pitch. if you have a piano, try singing solfege along with it and do frequent ear training by asking someone to play random notes for you to identify.

Answer 7

you can't. you have to be born with it.


note: being pitched is not only naming a naming a note. like A. he should be also be able to name what octave it's in. when a perfect hears a chord, like Dmajor, he should be able also to name the 7ths or 9ths that come with it.

Answer 8

If you can find an answer to this question, I guarantee you would be richer than croissus. Sight Singing and Ear-training students everywhere would pay you gazillions of dollars...I would've!