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208 | Rick Beato on the Theory of Popular Music

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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What Is Perfect Pitch?

Alexa: Why did it become viral? Is it just because people are fascinated by the idea of perfect pitch? Maybe you should remind us what perfect pitch is for those who are not music experts. Perfect pitch is to when the ability to identify any pitch without a reference tone. So my son Dylan can hear a 12 note chord and tell you not only what every note is so quickly, but he can tell you at the time when he was eight years old, he could say, "It's an E-ad nine over F major"

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