Cons-
- You are “forced” to name the pitch of any sound within your hearing range.
- You become more of a follower than a leader when playing in any ensemble.
- You have little patients when dealing with non-perfect pitch musicians.
- Performing or listening to out of tune musicians is extremely painful.
- Is perfect pitch bad?
- Why is perfect pitch impossible?
- Is perfect pitch a big deal?
- Can you be a good musician without perfect pitch?
Is perfect pitch bad?
While having absolute (or perfect) pitch might be cool and helpful in a lot of ways, it's not a required ability for most any musical activity. It is, however, especially helpful for singers, whose voices serve as their instruments and must sometimes sing notes directly from sheet music alone.
Why is perfect pitch impossible?
Perfect pitch is the ability to identify a note based on sound alone; the distinction being that once you have some semblance of musical experience, this becomes impossible as you will always be identifying notes relative to other notes.
Is perfect pitch a big deal?
on a frequency. It is the ability to recognize isolated tones instantly without any musical context. ... Perfect pitch is highly regarded by the general public because of its name ('perfect' must be good, right? ), and because it is a great gimmick, but serious musicians actually train and use their relative pitch skills.
Can you be a good musician without perfect pitch?
The common assumption is that people with perfect pitch are better musicians than those without. ... Most musicians probably do not have perfect pitch, and there are a great many superb musicians out there. At the same time, there are people with perfect pitch who have no musical training and/or no interest in music.