Absolute Pitch Questionnaire

    Dear participant. I'm doing a research paper on Absolute Pitch (AP).I want to document the personal experiences of some AP possessors. I hope to weave in some of your 'only-human' experiences into the paper so that readers will have a better appreciation of the benefits and drawbacks of having AP. 

    I would appreciate if you could kindly complete the form. I'm looking for a personal response, rather than a summary of what you'd consider a 'typical' answer other AP possessors would give.

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NAME:

AGE (an indication would be helpful)/ OCCUPATION:      

When did you start having formal music training? When and how did you realize you had absolute pitch? Do any of your immediate family members have absolute pitch? 

 
Some absolute pitchers say that they "mentally disect a piece of music they hear into notes and colors." What happens to you pyschologically when you listen to a piece of music? 
Does an immediate sense of the KEY of the piece come to you or do you have to piece together individual notes before the KEY presents itself? 

Do you think having absolute pitch is an asset to you in: (i) sight-reading/sight-singing (ii) improvising? Some absolute pitchers are found to experience a pitch shift after age 50 or so, i.e. a C might now be heard as a #C. Have you personally experienced any drawbacks/setbacks in having absolute pitch?

 
Other comments?


Thank you very much!!!

Gabriel Chen Weijin

Box 93112

Durham, NC 27708

gwc@duke.edu