Abstract
DIFFERENT opinions have been expressed about the way in which some people are able to recognize and identify the pitch of a tone without the aid of an external reference tone. Few people possess “perfect pitch” and it is not known whether it is learned or inherited1.
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WYNN, V. “Absolute” Pitch—a Bimensual Rhythm. Nature 230, 337 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230337a0
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