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Introduction's claim that absolute pitch implies/entails relative pitch

As an absolute pitch haver this seems very dubious. I would go as far as to say that because of having had absolute pitch my entire life, I have *no* relative pitch: if I want to work out an interval, I can't do it without first (automatically) identifying the two notes and then secondly (consciously) calculating the distance between them. The only exceptions are unison and octaves; even a perfect fifth is going to have me first identifying the notes. As I understand it, this is very common for people with absolute pitch (but I have no source hence the talk page post instead of just editing the article) Anditres (talk) 21:26, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is definitely incorrect, and contradicts the citation that's given at the end of the paragraph. "However, AP and RP are actually very different modes of musical pitch processing, having incompatible features, and therefore it may be possible that one can interfere the development of the other, and vice versa." I'll amend it. - Rainwarrior (talk) 22:40, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Once a person with absolute pitch becomes familiar with the names of the musical notes including there octaves the difference between absolute and relative pitch becomes more obvious.
   A person with absolute pitch doesn't need to guess what note he or she is hearing whilst a person with relative pitch does.
   I learned to play the piano before I learned to read.My teacher gave my mother a paper keyboard to attach to our piano. Both her and my older brother would test me whilst I was in another room. Less than a week or so later I didn't have to guess.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:8D80:5400:9E6C:A0D8:85FF:FEF1:215D (talk) 05:06, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Example in introduction does not seem to support the initial definition

First it says: "Absolute pitch (AP), often called perfect pitch, is the ability to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone."

Later it says "For example, an AP possessor can accurately reproduce a heard tone on a musical instrument without 'hunting' for the correct pitch"

In the example, the AP possessor has been given a reference tone.

It seems like there's a lot of arguing about what the definition of absolute pitch or perfect pitch should be, but I will just say that that example along with the definition does not help me understand . Yellowpelican (talk) 21:46, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The time factor

No need to guess. 2605:8D80:5400:9E6C:A0D8:85FF:FEF1:215D (talk) 05:09, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]