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ABSOLUTE PITCH [2 records]

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Record 1 2000-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musicology
DEF

Natural ability to recognize any tone or chord by ear.

OBS

Ability to name with complete accuracy any tone or group of tones.

OBS

Capacity to identify the pitch of sounds quite apart from their contextual relation to other sounds. It is determined by what the ear judges to be the most fundamental wave-frequency of the sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musicologie
DEF

Capacité d'identifier ou de nommer toute note entendue ou de chanter n'importe quelle note à volonté, sans avoir besoin que soit donné le «la».

Spanish

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