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Absolute Pitch Does Not Depend on Early Musical Training
Author(s) -
ROSS DAVID A.,
OLSON INGRID R.,
GORE JOHN C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1284.065
Subject(s) - musical , absolute pitch , absolute (philosophy) , psychology , subject (documents) , cognitive psychology , test (biology) , training (meteorology) , speech recognition , audiology , computer science , medicine , literature , art , biology , philosophy , neuroscience , physics , epistemology , perception , world wide web , meteorology , paleontology
A bstract : The etiology and defining characteristics of absolute pitch (AP) have been controversial. To test the importance of musical training in the development of this skill, we developed a new paradigm for identifying AP that is independent of a subject's musical experience. We confirm the efficacy of the paradigm using classically defined AP and non‐AP musicians. We then present data from a nonmusician who nevertheless appears to possess AP. We conclude that musical training is not necessary for the development of AP.