It’s the rare ability that allows me to put a note to every sound that I hear, and I mean every sound. For example, I will hear a bird chirp and think to myself, “Oh, that’s G sharp!” My perfect pitch ...

Play a note, any note — on your piano, your harp, your synthesizer, your kazoo. University of Delaware junior David Krall can tell you exactly which note you’re playing and which octave it lives in.

"Pitch Perfect" hit theaters almost 13 years ago, shedding light on collegiate a cappella. Anna Kendrick went on to star in movies like "A Simple Favor" and "Woman of the Hour." Most of the supporting ...

Perfect pitch refers to a person’s ability to identify any musical note by name after hearing it, without reference to other notes. Perfect pitch—also known more technically as absolute pitch—can also ...

Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Sinatra and Hendrix – these and many other of the world's most famous musicians have had "perfect" or "absolute" pitch. The ability, defined as recognizing the pitch of a musical ...

Mariah Carey, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Mozart, Beethoven, Jimi Hendrix, and Yanni. What do these musicians have in common? They’re all said to have perfect pitch. Perfect pitch (technically known ...

Both light and sound travel as waves, with characteristics that allow people with typical vision and hearing to perceive and categorize them when they reach their eyes and ears: “That’s a small red ...

When Mariah Carey belts out a glass-shattering high note, it's impossible for most listeners to identify the tone. Not for her. Carey possesses perfect or absolute pitch (AP), the ability to identify ...

It’s hard to think about Pitch Perfect without thinking about The Cup Song. Played by Anna Kendrick‘s character, Beca Mitchell, The Cup Song is used for Beca’s audition for the college acapella group, ...