Subject: Re: Absolute pitch discussion From: Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 17:24:53 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear Henkjan and list: > ..... in the end we have to also see that Relative Pitch is far more > special. While we might share AP with some animals, RP is far less common, > arguably making AP in humans less special. I fully agree. RP is a much bigger challenge for neuroscience than AP is. To my knowledge, we do not even have the faintest trace of a hypothesis how a brain could accomplish RP. Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Braun Neuroscience of Music S-671 95 Klässbol Sweden web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henkjan Honing" <honing@xxxxxxxx> To: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: Re: Absolute pitch discussion Although I have to be modest in my claims, not being an expert in pitch, I find AP actually not such a special phenomenon. Although we could agree in dividing the phenomenon in degrees, or levels of preciseness on a more continuous scale, in the end we have to also see that Relative Pitch is far more special. While we might share AP with some animals, RP is far less common, arguably making AP in humans less special. hh Dr H. Honing Universiteit van Amsterdam http://www.hum.uva.nl/mmm/hh/ Music Matters: http://www.musiccognition.nl/blog __________________________________________________