Re: absolute pitch -- gender differences (Johan Paul Sixten Westman )

Subject: Re: absolute pitch -- gender differences
From:    Johan Paul Sixten Westman  <Johan.Westman(at)GRIEG.UIB.NO>
Date:    Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:57:53 +0200
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Thomas G Brennan wrote:
> This absolute pitch issue is one I havn't really thought about but as a musician
> and a piano tuner it has been my experience that far more females than males
> have perfect pitch whereas the difference with absolute pitch is still in favor
> of females but not quite to the same degree.  Interesting question.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

I have some more questions about absolute pitch perception:
How "absolute" is absolute pitch perception? Is the perceptual affinity
equal over the full audible spectra? How do different timbral settings
effect absolute pitch perception?

Johan