Absolute (perfect) Pitch Test for Gifted Children in Music

junjunmimi

cheungll,

Thank you for your sharing.

My boy tried the test.  He scored pure tone=35.5 and piano tone=35.75, nearly perfect.

By the way, he plays piano and cello.

cheungll 寫道:

If you want to find out if your child has this inborn capability, you can ask your child to take the test here:
http://perfectpitch.ucsf.edu
for the University of California Genetics of Absolute Pitch Study.

junjunmimi

It's great to share the learning experience of our kids.

My boy is 10.  He started learning piano at 4 and passed his grade 8 last year.  As for the cello, he started at 5 and just took the grade 7 last week.

I found that he can memorise the pieces fast, which speeds up his learning process.  However, he is lacking that kind of patience to do all those details required by the pieces. What he always does best is the aural part in the exam, which he used to get very high or full marks.

Other than the “perfect pitch” in hearing, I found my boy can also sing out a note with “perfect pitch”.  Therefore, he can sight sing a piece exactly without reference to a piano.