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


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