The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151147   Message #3525340
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Jun-13 - 04:34 PM
Thread Name: Perfect pitch may sometimes not be
Subject: RE: Perfect pitch may sometimes not be
Baroque pitch has A=415 whereas modern pitch is A=440. Variation like that indicate that the notion of "perfect pitch" as a measurement of something fixed is mistaken. It's more a matter of some people having a remarkably accurate musical memory.

Other people have the same kind of skill with colour, but we are more geared to the idea that colours are spread out rather than being defined at particular points, which is how we tend to think of pitch.