I always knew that I didn’t have perfect pitch, but I was astounded to see how badly I did.
I wonder if I would have done better had I cheated and centered my sense of pitch beforehand, but I think I still would have done poorly… I think I’m pretty good with standard intervals, but I do pretty terribly when the pitches span octaves.
It’s worthy to note, though, that I did over twice as well on piano notes vs. “pure tones.” It’s funny how the instrumentation makes such a big difference. I know I used to have perfect pitch when listening to trumpet music, though I imagine that’s shot now.
BTW, they’re looking for families that have two or more members with perfect pitch so if you think you’ve got what it takes, you should definitely try it out!
