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Meanings of perfect pitch in English

Portuguese
ouvido absoluto
Spanish
oído absoluto

The ability to identify a musical note without having to hear a reference note previously.

ouvido absoluto
Synonyms
Examples for "absolute pitch"
Examples for "absolute pitch"
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She has an astonishing memory and absolute pitch, not needing a piano to compose.
The new yorker
2
They found he had absolute pitch, and a remarkable memory.
My Antonia
3
Then they will try to figure out what is different in people with absolute pitch.
Reuters
4
It turned out she had absolute pitch, and an ear that was far above ordinary.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
5
The neumes signified mostly intonations, upward or downward slides of the voice, and not absolute pitch.
A Popular History of the Art of Music / From the Earliest Times ...
Usage of perfect pitch in English
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Someone with perfect pitch needs only pencil and paper to write music.
An unfinished score
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Deutsch found that fixed pitch does, in fact, allow perfect pitch .
Wired
3
People with perfect pitch, of course, can play this game forever.
The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
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They also found that perfect pitch tends to deteriorate with age.
Reuters
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I'm quite an expert at music, as I have perfect pitch.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
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But it was a natural voice, singing in effortless perfect pitch.
Cry to heaven
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Conventional wisdom holds you're born with perfect pitch or you're not.
Wired
8
So she fetched a daub of perfect pitch instead from Port.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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Joshua uses his perfect pitch to convert sounds into colours in his head.
The Guardian
10
He doesn't need perfect pitch; he has a tuning fork.
The new yorker
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Now he felt tuned to a perfect pitch, alert to every word and gesture.
Layover in dubai
12
His father repaired and tuned pianos and was a capable pianist with perfect pitch.
The Irish Times
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Guess I had been spoiled by Abby's perfect pitch.
Sister Mine
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He discovered that he had perfect pitch in these matters, and his uncle won easily.
Moonfall
15
For all his good work, the Englishman needed a perfect pitch shot to save his round.
Reuters
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She said people with perfect pitch were able to pick out the pure tones with ease.
Reuters
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Translations for perfect pitch
Portuguese
ouvido absoluto
Perfect pitch through the time
Perfect pitch across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common