I wish my family had known about PP, because when i was 10 and took my first piano lesson and learned the name of notes, i began telling my family what keys different songs are in and naming individual notes wherever i heard them, regardless if it was from a car horn, a bird chirping, the wind howling, or a trombone. They told me to shut up and thought i was just being a smart alek, pretending to know, lol.
Wow he is great :). Makes me very jealous, hah! I remember when I was younger I was very talented at the piano so my parents brought me around to different teachers to try to get me the best one. One of them did this sort of thing with me and I just looked at her like she was a lunatic and guessed random letters! I have a lot of musical talent, and a great ear, but perfect pitch? I don't think so.... =D
and this has nothong to do with his musical environment? knowing that you 've been a musician for years?does this skill really helps you become a better musician?
@gibderfenson Josef Hofmann has a good explanation. In short, it's a technique that can be used. However, it's not what will truly make a musician a great musician. In fact, everyone has pitch perception and can fine tune it to high abilities. Perfect pitch is also not permanent and can be unlearned. Perfect pitch does not increase your creativity to write out a full orchestral symphony. Many musicians that are great, past and present, don't have perfect pitch.
Is Brandon drawn to the violin or cello? Superior pitch perception would certainly give him a big advantage there. His health must be top priority and it must be reassuring to know that music is good for the immune system as well as the spirit.
@juaniluco888 Wow!U STILL arent getting it are u?ENHARMONICS&OVERTONES are 2 VERY DIFFERENT TERMS&MEANINGS!U REALLY need to go back to school before commenting.I will now delete ur comments&block u because I DO NOT have time to give you a free music lesson! ENHARMONICS refers to MULTIPLE NAMES FOR THE *SAME* SINGLE NOTE.I NEVER SAID F#,as you say I did. Brandon says "C#/Db" for the SAME NOTE.The OVERTONE note (DIFFERENT FROM ENHARMONIC) is NOT EVEN REFERRED TO,because we were UNINTERESTED IN IT!
@juaniluco888 Bless your heart, Juaniluco888. "C#/Db" is the SAME NOTE, not two different notes. Read the text prior to the sounding of that tone for an EXPLANATION, that apparently you MISSED. He is calling out the ONE principle note. You are referring to TWO SEPARATE notes, and you are HEARING OVERTONES. Brandon was naming only PRINCIPLE TONES, and to check this, try putting a spectrum analyzer on it. Your opinion will then change :)
@dududevynidu As is said in the name, its the relationship between the notes, say you play a fifth from middle C, the sound G is Relative to C, same as going up a Maj 3rd. Where as with Perfect Pitch, you do not need someone to give you the starting Pitch, i.e. C as previously mentioned. You can Hear ANY Note you want, just like that, whether its sharp/flat or natural. Caution, before I discovered PP, RP was a piece of cake, Now I have to fight to here the overall sound as you tend to....
@OCUBOX ...Hear all notes individually, whereas with relative pitch you hear the result of all the sounds, anyone have a tip of how I can get back to that too, Instead of taking the Relative Pitch Supercourse from David Burge? Hope this Helps.
p.s. "You can Hear ANY Note you want, just like that,..." that's In your Head, you create the note, And its not CRAZY! : )
its OK to be wrong, I LOVE IT, esp with PP:). the last note was G not E, I can do 6 note at a time, trying for 8 so i can follow most or all instrument voices in an orchestra. I DO NOT brag, you said go find an instrument (which sounded condescending), because I have universal color discremination which means (for people not familiar with the ear training lingo), that I can recognize pitch from any inst. A Note, PP cannot be used on 'Non Pitched' Inst thats the whole idea, a brick has no pitch.
@OCUBOX Um,yeah OCUBOX.Try putting a frequency analyzer on it their friend.That note WAS correct.You are hearing overtones.I haven't much checked Brandons multipitch capability,he's been extremely sick from Leukemia,but at last check,a few months ago he was doing 12 notes at a time.Can't be done on non-pitched instruments?Guess again.Don't go telling Mozart that! LOL!That's the WHOLE POINT of PP which is COLOR HEARING,so even w/IMPERFECT shades of pitch, you can still hear the fundamental note.
12 TONEs! wow! eash DISTINCTLY? that is great. IT can be done parse, I do it all the time, you know with hums from computer, vacuum cleaners, but it's still not "perfect" if you understand what one is getting at?
Anyway, I hope it's not too serious and treatable, and don't drill him too much, I don't know about him but I get terrible pains from too much concentrated listening, and even general 'noise' so have to use ear plugs...ahhh... thats better... : )
@OCUBOX Yeah.I tune pianos&that's some serious concentrated listening,esp when the piano is in REALLY BAD SHAPE,and has really bad strings or noises.2 piano tunings is a day's work for me&3 pianos tuned&I'm shot! LOL! :) Yeah,Brandon's PP is nice,but he is not yet really a MUSICIAN.We basically put his guitar,piano,singing&trombone on hold until he at least gets out of the danger zone w/his Leukemia(but will he ever really be?).He enjoys playing, but it's not his "world" like it is mine yet :)
Do add me as a friend I have never actually met a piano tuner (oh how exiting, you have no idea). Utube says I have too many friend request and have to wait. thanks.
@SteveHacker So...is it possible that I could be perfect pitch, if I've had no musical training? Could I have it and not know it? Could I have it, but not have good enough ears to learn it? I've always had sensitive hearing - i listen to the computer. So I wonder if I could have some relative concept of perfect pitch attuned to my own ears
@joseph941000able: Not this type of abiliy - you have to be born with it. You can learn referential pitch, but not perfect pitch. Some people cannot learn referential pitch - I've taught a lot of people, and I've met people who are tone deaf.
@ SteveHacker: Can Brandon also sing a note when you ask him (for example, sing an "A") - without any predetermined reference? If so, he's got the same level of perfect/absolute pitch that I have!
@SteveHacker Any one can learn it, not everyone will though. I'm going through some training my self. I know consistent practice is key, and not everyone is really willing to practice music, or anything for that matter, consistently.
@philnoll EXCELLENT QUESTION!,which is almost identical to some questions that have already been asked.Read thru comments&replies: TRUE Perfect Pitch is literally COLOR HEARING.As color is a light frequency that is perceived instantaneously by the brain/eye,Perfect Pitch is a perception&instant identification of the lower frequency band of sound by the brain/ear.You do not need a reference color to perceive the color blue,EVEN IF if is off by a few SHADES.You still see some degree of "blueness"
@philnoll So it is with one's EAR in TRUE Perfect Pitch(as I explained color vision in my last comment),which is not to be confused w/Relative Pitch.I did the bottle trick b/c I KNEW there would be pitch imperfections that could trip Brandon up&that is why I said what I said about it in the video-to prove nothing was staged.It is pretty cool that the water pitches all came out to near perfect piano pitches.When Brandon was a toddler doing this,he would ask "is it in tune" before naming a note.
@philnoll In short philnoll, EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE boils down to a wave/frequency. Someone with Perfect Pitch is simply "tuned in" to that frequency band :)
I've got the same stuff going on as Brandon does. Asperger's syndrome, perfect pitch, synesthesia, no joke! Hope he makes through the leukemia unharmed, man.
@away5 Thanks! You are very perceptive (unless you read some early comment conversations here, lol )...Yes, indeed, Brandon is Autistic. Specifically, he has Asperger's syndrome (although right now, that is a "drop in the bucket", and of little concern by comparison to our Battle against his Leukemia right now)...The other condition you speak of is "Synesthesia", and yes, while I do not know to what degree he has it, I would say that he DOES, because MOST people w/Autism have it to some degree.
@away5 Synesthesia is a neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic,involuntary experiences in a 2nd sensory or cognitive pathway.In short,"sensory integration problems".People who report such experiences are known as Synesthetes.It can be extremely debilitating,or extremely empowering,depending on the level one has it.I have it to a small degree,and have used it to great advantage.In my case,I see colors w/pitches, as does Brandon.
Thanks Ben :) That brings up an interesting point.Of course it's impossible to pour out a precise amount of water to yield an exactly PURE note,and this actually underscores the concept of what Perfect Pitch really is: "Color Hearing"(identification of pitch w/o reference to another pitch).That being said,you can compare this to SHADES of colors.For example,we know we are seeing some form of red,even though it may be a darker or lighter SHADE of red.Brandon is doing the same thing w/pitch :)
@SteveHacker wow thats crazy my brother has Asperger's and he also has perfect pitch. I have relative pitch, where if I'm told one note I can tell you all the notes around it, is that a form a perfect pitch?
@DavoBowRowe Brandon's Autism is also Asperger's Syndrome specifcally...very high functioning, but nonetheless, still there. Most musicians have some degree of Relative Pitch, but TRUE Perfect Pitch and Relative Pitch are two very different things. TRUE Perfect Pitch is "Color Hearing". You identify the notes without references (unlike Relative Pitch which requires it) just as you identify colors visually without reference :)
I've watched Brandon's perfect pitch video many times in the past for inspiration during the time I spent trying to learn perfect pitch. This ability really is more than just recognizing notes, it gives you a whole new sense of perception. If you have time, check out my perfect pitch video on my account.
Anyways, I know Brandon has been going through a very hard time and I hope for his full recovery and that he continues to develop his music abilities.
@MrHeavysteel Thanks man. Actually he already DOES play guitar AND piano. His strength is still really down right now because of the Leukemia/Chemotherapy, so guitar is a little tough on his fingers, but yes, he does play a little guitar and plenty of piano :)
This ability is really amazing for sure. BUT main thing I wanna ask is: HOW IS BRANDON NOW? I prayed yesterday for him to get healthy again after I saw the clip. Greetings from Latvia
Thanks so much! It is an up and down roller coaster really. Right now is a rather tough time. He just won't gain weight. At nearly 14 yrs old he should weigh over 100 lbs, but right now, he can barely keep his weight at 60 lbs. The Chemotherapy is just really beating him down. He just got home from yet another emergency stay in the hospital and now has a nasal-to-stomach feeding tube, and we are hoping that he will gain weight and strength now. This summer things should get easier I hope :-)
Nah man...the full clarity (and thus the overtones and such...and the various rings) do not come through clearly as a result of the cheap $200 camera (and thus cheapie mic as well). It was A as also measured by a Chromatic tuner I carried with me,although, to be sure, that bike rack had many different tones ringing in with it...
yeh i just detuned my keyboard by 40 it turns out that is an A....like you said with the overtones and stuff its hard to tell from the vid. I tend to play games like this all the time. my friends were amazed that i filled all their beer bottles with water and played them a few songs (once they had finished of course) haha :)
LOL...yeah, I like to try crazy stuff like that too :-p That bike rack was tough indeed, because it was so hard to really get a SINGLE, CLEAR ringing tone out of it. Brandon is pretty amazing with this stuff - STILL...he's had a tough go lately with the Leukemia Battle, but his ears are still in tact, as well as his musical interests. Now if we can just keep him strong and get through the next few years of chemo and therapies. Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)
I don't get how most people cannot do this. It's sooooo easy, but I guess us 'perfect pitch' people don't know what it's like to be without it, huh? Oh, well.
What a talented kid! I enjoyed watching. If I can get my son (also Brandon and autistic) to cooperate I'll have to make a similar video as he has the same gift. We had no idea until we went to the science museum in Baltimore. There was a small exhibit there where you had to guess the note being played. We just stood there and watched with our jaws wide open as he got every one right. When we got home to NJ we went piano shopping!! Good job by you on the video too!
My little brother has perfect pitch. I remember being amazed the first time I tested him with crazy five and six key chords (all notes played simultaneously). He easily listed off all the notes from lowest to highest. He has a distinct color for each note, too.
And I must also say your son has an amazing ability. I was reading lower down that your son is ill. I wish Brandon a speedy recovery and many years on this earth. He has a great talent, hope to maybe hear his music someday.
I am curious as to how your son learned how to developed that ability or any ways of developing that ability. I play guitar myself and would love to be able to hear the melodies in my hear and be able to write them down or play them right away. I always think of something and then try to figure it out and forget what it actually was. Thank you for any advice/info
honestly it's cool to have and stuff. and my ear is quite superior itself. I can reproduce guitar chords that i just learned today(i just started today) but i bet if my parents would have put me through all of the same stuff you're putting your son through i woudl probably be able to do all of this. I'm curious to know the effects of knowing piano/music theory. When did your son start learing? my parents did jack shit with me. I just started venturing into music and i'm nineteen. I'm a singer.
you can compare octaves with darkness and lightness. We can see colors like red and blue whether it is day or night. The only thing is, the colors will look darker at night, then in daylight. But you would still be able to recognize the colors. To come back to the octaves: A low A or C will sound darker then a lighter A or C. It doesn't matter cuz the soundcolors will always stay the same!
chuobio: dason is correct, it is, for most people a "shading" thing. I have discovered Perfect Pitch in other students of mine (although not as pronounced as my son's), by having them LITERALLY think of colors when they hear tones, and then call them out to me. I write them down,and then pop quiz them later, and a surprising number of people will call out the same colors for the same pitches later on. I suspect many more people have Perfect Pitch that don't know it,and it's just not "turned on".
It's different for everyone actually. While indeed there seems to be some Synesthesia associated with many people who have Perfect Pitch (Synesthesia is the phenomena in some people, especially genius-savants or people with Autism and such, where senses get "wired together", and therefore one might see a color while hearing a sound or sense a taste when seeing a color), it is really different for everyone.
Try having someone quiz you on notes w/o you knowing what they are&w/eyes closed see if you get consistent colors with the same notes....Good Luck! :-)
I do dason, but not as good as my son's. My Relative Pitch is actually more efficient than my Perfect Pitch, so I tend to lean on it and rely on it a LOT more than my Perfect Pitch...
PLEASE ... get your Piano in tune. Otherwise your son will memorize the "out of tune" tones as the reference ones and so he will probably have problems with "in tune" pianos for the rest of his life!
Keido: That's hilarious...lol....Perfect Pitch doesn't work that way. Perfect Pitch is COLOR HEARING. Pitches don't have to be pure just like you don't have to see only pure colors. That's not even my piano. He's exposed to every condition of piano, and I am a piano tuner anyway. Trust me. He'll be fine. We've been doing it this way for over 10 years :-)
arturcraft2: You ARE kidding right? The WHOLE PIANO is out of tune! LOL! Yes, he gets notes at any speed, as long as he can HEAR them all. Interesting, to note regarding being out of tune, is that even though the piano is out of tune, he STILL gets the notes. TRUE Perfect Pitch is "Color Hearing" & just like we can see any shade of color with SIGHT, he does the same with PITCH. In other words, just like we don't have to see PERFECT RED, he doesn't need perfect tuning.
I don't have all notes memorized yet so I can't tell with good margin if the others were slightlly out of tune as well even though it seemed like that to me with some other notes as well.
There are a lot of people who say they have PP but they take to long to know what note it is and it doesn't seems like that with your son.
Steve, if you have time, it would be nice if you posted later another video with him identifying the notes in a melody with 4 or 5 notes played quite quickly. ;-)
art: Yes,if these people are taking a while to identify notes,they are likely using RELATIVE Pitch rather than PERFECT Pitch.Unfortunately,it will be quite a long time before I can make another perfect pitch video with Brandon.We just found out 3 wks ago that he has Leukemia.He is a VERY sick little boy right now,and he cannot even walk or stand on his own,let alone do anything else.Sad, but he expected to make a full recovery.His Perfect Pitch is still GREAT, but he is on strict bed rest.
I'm so sorry for that. But I really hope a talented kid like your son will recover and have great future. ;-)
By the way, I didn't knew your musical pieces, Steve, but I saw a couple of videos where you are teaching your songs and I really liked it. "Sweet Home Alabama" has a great melody.
I remember in preschool with Brandon - I sang a couple of intervals for him (he was either 3 or 4) and he could label them "perfect fifth" and the like - he also could identify a few composers by the music he was listening to at naptime. I don't have perfect pitch, but relative pitch that is pretty close - but nothing like Brandon!
Yeah...pretty neat stuff. I started drilling him on this stuff REALLY early. Even when he was a toddler, but admittedly, he HAD IT before I taught him at all, and I DISCOVERED his Perfect Pitch because at about 3 or 4 years old he played the melody to "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" on the piano after watching the Wizard Of Oz, and then proceeded to transpose it into every other key :-)
I was 13 (this was years ago) when my sister found out that I had perfect pitch. My family had no clue. When I tried to prove it to my dad, he told me I was being a smart ike. He didn't believe me or let me prove it to him for 2 years. But once he did, he was sorry for not believing me. Steve, I'm glad you knew this already. I spent 13 years wondering what was wrong with the whole world (lol).
Steve this is Lisa. I came home and listened to the video immediately....It is awesome to see him do that. I sent it to Lesley. I can't wait for her to see him....
Haven't tried that Manfred. I suppose it's possible that he could. There's less value in this however, given that tempo is relative, e.g., Hearing Quarter notes at 120 or 8th notes at 60, HOWEVER, even though this is less impressive, Brandon CAN identify beat subdivisions instantly. Identifying a passage for example that is 16ths, 32nd, 64ths, etc., but then again, any serious musician should be able to do that ...
Ok. Can he find the measure values of a song by just listening to it? (sorry for asking so many questions but I'm trying to understand as much about Perfect Pitch as I can)
Well, the skill you speak of is not really akin to Perfect Pitch. Perfect Pitch is "Color Hearing". When you say "measure values", I'm assuming you are speaking of Time Signature, and again, that is something that generally, any musicians should be able to do after just a few weeks of lessons. I may be missing the point of your questions though :-)
Steve I seem to be alot like Brandon. My dad is a guitarist and ever since I can remember I have had Perfect Pitch. I didn't memorize what the notes sounded like until I was 13 and in band class playing tuba, and I didn't discover that nobody else could name notes like me until around March of this year. I'm 18 going on 19 now and it seems that if a child is raised around music they tend to have Perfect Pitch because my older brother has it too. Good to know I'm not the only one out there.
Jpmadore1 is correct. One can have Perfect Pitch but not necessarily be able to reproduce melodies, HOWEVER, the fast majority of people who DO have TRUE and GOOD Perfect Pitch can indeed reproduce melodies, often quickly, and sometimes after just one hearing.Indeed, Brandon can do this. It's how I first discovered his Perfect Pitch.The Wizard Of Oz was on TV & at 4 yrs old, he went to the piano & played the ENTIRE "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" melody & then transposed it into several other keys.
i am very amazed over this video. my friend is teaching me perfect pitch from David burge's lessons. its really helpfull to learn, i would recommend all musicians to learn perfect and relative pitch to be able to enjoy it more than you could before. and im sorry for my english (its not my prime language)
Thanks Claus...Please send your thoughts (and prayers if you are religious) in my son's direction. We found out just over 2 weeks ago that Brandon has Leukemia - "A.L.L. - Acute Lymphblastic Leukemia"...This news was so devastating. He's such an amazing little man. We have quite a battle ahead of us! Please share this video with everyone. Thanks!
im so sorry to hear, but growing up in an atheist family i dont belive in religion. But i am hoping for the best for Brandon. very sad news to hear. =(
Does Burge's course work? Ive tried forever to find someone who was learning it! and Ive been skeptical about buying it.. just wonderin if its doing you any good thanks
Yeah it works for me, but ive been busy with homework so i don't have perfect perfect pitch, but i can name out all the notes by ear when i hear them, and even now it is already amazing. So yeah you just need some motivation to keep you going :) and a friend to help. :)
Burge's course is pretty good. He does discuss the differences between "Color Hearing" as opposed to Relative Pitch, but still, I believe his approach still tends to yield (at least for many people) something that is more akin to Relative rather than Perfect Pitch. Whatever the course builds within you, if you've had no other training options, Burge is definitely a great way to go, and I would recommend it highly...
@SteveHacker I have burges course, one day while doing a listening drill I heard a song in my head like it was a live band playing right in front of me Like when Mozart Heard the Score Live while writing it in the Movie Amadaeus, till this day that blows me away,something Burge never even mentions. I immediately went to the right chords and everything.
@NBAballaz I'm following it but I'm not finished yet. But I think it's going to work. and also I read on some swedish forum about a guy that had been using it to develop perfect pitch but he had used his own drills parallell but he thought that the corse absolutely had helped him :)
Hi Steve, i have just watched this your video and would like to make some considerations on what i saw. I have the theory that any normal child is like a white page, in which we can write anything we wish to develop his capacity, intelectual or manual habilities.
I suppose Brandon has lived with you since he born and always had sounds around him, mainly you teaching him. He only developed his talent for music, with interesting and passion. He likes and loves music. When he got this high level of learning, he's considered very talented, but it's hard to believe he did this by himself. It's easier to believe you're a great eacher of music and he accepted the situation he really lives all time near you. God bless both of you. *****X10^6!
Thanks Rick! I also find myself "analyzing" a great deal,as opposed to just "listening". I have, in recent yrs,found myself listening to&writing a great deal more "New Age" music because it doesn't surrender well to traditional harmonic analysis.....cont'd...
...cont'd...In Brandon's case,I think he just sees the "colors" in his brain,but hasn't yet experienced enough music to think into it too deeply...I know I'm really getting irritated with YouTube not allowing these comments to post as many characters as designated.
To the person who posted a comment to Brandon's Perfect Pitch video in French, I sincerely apologize: I accidentally hit the REMOVE link instead of the REPLY link and accidentally deleted your comment. I meant to reply to your question in French though....
...continued...I think you were basically asking if I meant "Absolute Pitch" instead of "Perfect Pitch", and my answer was that "Perfect Pitch" and "Absolute Pitch" are the same thing, at least in terms of the way we use the wording in English. "Relative Pitch" however, requires a REFERENCE NOTE - even if thought of in a micro-second, to compare against, to determine a note....continued...
..continued..TRUE Perfect/Absolute Pitch however is Color Hearing,in the sense that no reference tone is needed.I've since realized that I left much out of that vid that I should have included, for example, Brandon's ability, on command, to sing all notes that spell complex chords.For ex,I can tell him to "sing a B flat dim 7 chord"&he will sing all tones that spell that chord properly.Perhaps I will make another vid of him showing these significantly more advanced skills later.Thx for watching!
Thanks, "BassSlasher" & "HillbillyDix"! Yes, Brandon LOVES this stuff. He's very reserved, but he is eating it up. Check out our "morning routine" before school: Up at 530am, and we jam together on guitar, piano, voice, and (get this) trombone (why he gravitated to trombone, I don't know because he didn't get it from me), and along with him playing all those instruments each morning, we also of course, work on Perfect Pitch. He LOVES it, and is very disappointed when we miss a day :-)
I wish my family had known about PP, because when i was 10 and took my first piano lesson and learned the name of notes, i began telling my family what keys different songs are in and naming individual notes wherever i heard them, regardless if it was from a car horn, a bird chirping, the wind howling, or a trombone. They told me to shut up and thought i was just being a smart alek, pretending to know, lol.
sunshinegirl1967 2 months ago
I am so jealous...
jaco5187 2 months ago
Dear Lord in just ask You that You wil bring healing to this wonderful and gifted child that You created I ask this is all in Jesus Name Amen
pepper19691973 2 months ago
cool. Check out my video perfect pitch test by spikedude55
I do this perfect pitch test online and i get them all right.
spikedude55 6 months ago
Right on, man! I happen to have perfect pitch as well! I found it makes a good icebreaker (someone hears a microwave beeping, tell 'em it's B♭)!
He's definitely a better pianist than I am. I'm more of a drummer/guitarist with more experience in the former. Your son is awesome! Rock on!
ToastmachineIdiot 8 months ago
Wow he is great :). Makes me very jealous, hah! I remember when I was younger I was very talented at the piano so my parents brought me around to different teachers to try to get me the best one. One of them did this sort of thing with me and I just looked at her like she was a lunatic and guessed random letters! I have a lot of musical talent, and a great ear, but perfect pitch? I don't think so.... =D
Amazing luck to you both.
lidiluvu 11 months ago
and this has nothong to do with his musical environment? knowing that you 've been a musician for years?does this skill really helps you become a better musician?
gibderfenson 1 year ago
@gibderfenson Josef Hofmann has a good explanation. In short, it's a technique that can be used. However, it's not what will truly make a musician a great musician. In fact, everyone has pitch perception and can fine tune it to high abilities. Perfect pitch is also not permanent and can be unlearned. Perfect pitch does not increase your creativity to write out a full orchestral symphony. Many musicians that are great, past and present, don't have perfect pitch.
IVlr3vil 9 months ago
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, read it, then comment...
manteaca 1 year ago
Is Brandon drawn to the violin or cello? Superior pitch perception would certainly give him a big advantage there. His health must be top priority and it must be reassuring to know that music is good for the immune system as well as the spirit.
Best Wishes
pianodudeler 1 year ago
@juaniluco888 Wow!U STILL arent getting it are u?ENHARMONICS&OVERTONES are 2 VERY DIFFERENT TERMS&MEANINGS!U REALLY need to go back to school before commenting.I will now delete ur comments&block u because I DO NOT have time to give you a free music lesson! ENHARMONICS refers to MULTIPLE NAMES FOR THE *SAME* SINGLE NOTE.I NEVER SAID F#,as you say I did. Brandon says "C#/Db" for the SAME NOTE.The OVERTONE note (DIFFERENT FROM ENHARMONIC) is NOT EVEN REFERRED TO,because we were UNINTERESTED IN IT!
SteveHacker 1 year ago
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juaniluco888 1 year ago
@juaniluco888 Bless your heart, Juaniluco888. "C#/Db" is the SAME NOTE, not two different notes. Read the text prior to the sounding of that tone for an EXPLANATION, that apparently you MISSED. He is calling out the ONE principle note. You are referring to TWO SEPARATE notes, and you are HEARING OVERTONES. Brandon was naming only PRINCIPLE TONES, and to check this, try putting a spectrum analyzer on it. Your opinion will then change :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@Masterrese I SO DO NOT have time for moronic discourse or immature children. Please go back to your basement/garage band...Thank you :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
What is relative pitch? Can someone explain?
dududevynidu 1 year ago
@dududevynidu As is said in the name, its the relationship between the notes, say you play a fifth from middle C, the sound G is Relative to C, same as going up a Maj 3rd. Where as with Perfect Pitch, you do not need someone to give you the starting Pitch, i.e. C as previously mentioned. You can Hear ANY Note you want, just like that, whether its sharp/flat or natural. Caution, before I discovered PP, RP was a piece of cake, Now I have to fight to here the overall sound as you tend to....
OCUBOX 1 year ago
@OCUBOX ...Hear all notes individually, whereas with relative pitch you hear the result of all the sounds, anyone have a tip of how I can get back to that too, Instead of taking the Relative Pitch Supercourse from David Burge? Hope this Helps.
p.s. "You can Hear ANY Note you want, just like that,..." that's In your Head, you create the note, And its not CRAZY! : )
OCUBOX 1 year ago
its OK to be wrong, I LOVE IT, esp with PP:). the last note was G not E, I can do 6 note at a time, trying for 8 so i can follow most or all instrument voices in an orchestra. I DO NOT brag, you said go find an instrument (which sounded condescending), because I have universal color discremination which means (for people not familiar with the ear training lingo), that I can recognize pitch from any inst. A Note, PP cannot be used on 'Non Pitched' Inst thats the whole idea, a brick has no pitch.
OCUBOX 1 year ago
@OCUBOX Um,yeah OCUBOX.Try putting a frequency analyzer on it their friend.That note WAS correct.You are hearing overtones.I haven't much checked Brandons multipitch capability,he's been extremely sick from Leukemia,but at last check,a few months ago he was doing 12 notes at a time.Can't be done on non-pitched instruments?Guess again.Don't go telling Mozart that! LOL!That's the WHOLE POINT of PP which is COLOR HEARING,so even w/IMPERFECT shades of pitch, you can still hear the fundamental note.
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker
12 TONEs! wow! eash DISTINCTLY? that is great. IT can be done parse, I do it all the time, you know with hums from computer, vacuum cleaners, but it's still not "perfect" if you understand what one is getting at?
Anyway, I hope it's not too serious and treatable, and don't drill him too much, I don't know about him but I get terrible pains from too much concentrated listening, and even general 'noise' so have to use ear plugs...ahhh... thats better... : )
OCUBOX 1 year ago
@OCUBOX Yeah.I tune pianos&that's some serious concentrated listening,esp when the piano is in REALLY BAD SHAPE,and has really bad strings or noises.2 piano tunings is a day's work for me&3 pianos tuned&I'm shot! LOL! :) Yeah,Brandon's PP is nice,but he is not yet really a MUSICIAN.We basically put his guitar,piano,singing&trombone on hold until he at least gets out of the danger zone w/his Leukemia(but will he ever really be?).He enjoys playing, but it's not his "world" like it is mine yet :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker
lets hope that he be OK soon, God Bless.
Do add me as a friend I have never actually met a piano tuner (oh how exiting, you have no idea). Utube says I have too many friend request and have to wait. thanks.
OCUBOX 1 year ago
Hey philnoll your a douchebag.
Juanoboyable 1 year ago
@Juanoboyable Actually philnoll asks a very good question, which I meant to reply to a long time ago, but forgot, so I will do so now :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker So...is it possible that I could be perfect pitch, if I've had no musical training? Could I have it and not know it? Could I have it, but not have good enough ears to learn it? I've always had sensitive hearing - i listen to the computer. So I wonder if I could have some relative concept of perfect pitch attuned to my own ears
Think I might? How could I test myself?
philnoll 1 year ago
This ability can be developed anyone can learn it.
joseph941000able 1 year ago
@joseph941000able: Not this type of abiliy - you have to be born with it. You can learn referential pitch, but not perfect pitch. Some people cannot learn referential pitch - I've taught a lot of people, and I've met people who are tone deaf.
@ SteveHacker: Can Brandon also sing a note when you ask him (for example, sing an "A") - without any predetermined reference? If so, he's got the same level of perfect/absolute pitch that I have!
Certif1ed 1 year ago
@joseph941000able only 1 in every 10,000 people have it
barngirlXx3 1 year ago
@joseph941000able I do agree that it can be taught, but not necessarily everyone can learn it, although, I have indeed taught it to many people :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker Any one can learn it, not everyone will though. I'm going through some training my self. I know consistent practice is key, and not everyone is really willing to practice music, or anything for that matter, consistently.
xerotolerant 1 year ago
I would imagine he's got good rhythm skills...
dtrinc 1 year ago
How can you pour water from a bottle and expect it to make a piano tone. What if it fell on a quarter tone?
philnoll 1 year ago
@philnoll EXCELLENT QUESTION!,which is almost identical to some questions that have already been asked.Read thru comments&replies: TRUE Perfect Pitch is literally COLOR HEARING.As color is a light frequency that is perceived instantaneously by the brain/eye,Perfect Pitch is a perception&instant identification of the lower frequency band of sound by the brain/ear.You do not need a reference color to perceive the color blue,EVEN IF if is off by a few SHADES.You still see some degree of "blueness"
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@philnoll So it is with one's EAR in TRUE Perfect Pitch(as I explained color vision in my last comment),which is not to be confused w/Relative Pitch.I did the bottle trick b/c I KNEW there would be pitch imperfections that could trip Brandon up&that is why I said what I said about it in the video-to prove nothing was staged.It is pretty cool that the water pitches all came out to near perfect piano pitches.When Brandon was a toddler doing this,he would ask "is it in tune" before naming a note.
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@philnoll In short philnoll, EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE boils down to a wave/frequency. Someone with Perfect Pitch is simply "tuned in" to that frequency band :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker Thanks.
philnoll 1 year ago
@philnoll i think EVERY tone in the world has a name, i said EVERY, thats what i think.
I have perfect pitch also, but Brandon is amazing, i can do only a 1/30000 of the things he can do.
Sorry 4 my bad english
ZXXmasterXXZ 1 year ago
I've got the same stuff going on as Brandon does. Asperger's syndrome, perfect pitch, synesthesia, no joke! Hope he makes through the leukemia unharmed, man.
willsdrumcovers 1 year ago
I would like to know if he has any kind of autism or if he's synestesics
away5 1 year ago
@away5 Thanks! You are very perceptive (unless you read some early comment conversations here, lol )...Yes, indeed, Brandon is Autistic. Specifically, he has Asperger's syndrome (although right now, that is a "drop in the bucket", and of little concern by comparison to our Battle against his Leukemia right now)...The other condition you speak of is "Synesthesia", and yes, while I do not know to what degree he has it, I would say that he DOES, because MOST people w/Autism have it to some degree.
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@away5 Synesthesia is a neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic,involuntary experiences in a 2nd sensory or cognitive pathway.In short,"sensory integration problems".People who report such experiences are known as Synesthetes.It can be extremely debilitating,or extremely empowering,depending on the level one has it.I have it to a small degree,and have used it to great advantage.In my case,I see colors w/pitches, as does Brandon.
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker I would be proud to have a son like that. I hope he gets better!
joseph941000able 1 year ago
autism is a huge advantage
lookitsagrape1 1 year ago
damn it wow
superagnitio 1 year ago
that is very impressive even though some of the water notes were halfway between.
MrBen51309 1 year ago
Thanks Ben :) That brings up an interesting point.Of course it's impossible to pour out a precise amount of water to yield an exactly PURE note,and this actually underscores the concept of what Perfect Pitch really is: "Color Hearing"(identification of pitch w/o reference to another pitch).That being said,you can compare this to SHADES of colors.For example,we know we are seeing some form of red,even though it may be a darker or lighter SHADE of red.Brandon is doing the same thing w/pitch :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker wow thats crazy my brother has Asperger's and he also has perfect pitch. I have relative pitch, where if I'm told one note I can tell you all the notes around it, is that a form a perfect pitch?
DavoBowRowe 1 year ago
@DavoBowRowe Brandon's Autism is also Asperger's Syndrome specifcally...very high functioning, but nonetheless, still there. Most musicians have some degree of Relative Pitch, but TRUE Perfect Pitch and Relative Pitch are two very different things. TRUE Perfect Pitch is "Color Hearing". You identify the notes without references (unlike Relative Pitch which requires it) just as you identify colors visually without reference :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
how did he learn. hes really smart.
Hector95100 1 year ago
Hey Steve,
I've watched Brandon's perfect pitch video many times in the past for inspiration during the time I spent trying to learn perfect pitch. This ability really is more than just recognizing notes, it gives you a whole new sense of perception. If you have time, check out my perfect pitch video on my account.
Anyways, I know Brandon has been going through a very hard time and I hope for his full recovery and that he continues to develop his music abilities.
learningperfectpitch 1 year ago
Love to find people like me!!! Greetings :)
JureGorucan 1 year ago
Okay if someone was with me, I would be doing this.
judenihal 1 year ago
wow he really go it right that aweosme!!
sk8Oosk 1 year ago
This is practice for your kid's ear. You should turn him into guitar. It would be good because he has father (Awesome guitar player) like you
MrHeavysteel 1 year ago
@MrHeavysteel Thanks man. Actually he already DOES play guitar AND piano. His strength is still really down right now because of the Leukemia/Chemotherapy, so guitar is a little tough on his fingers, but yes, he does play a little guitar and plenty of piano :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
@SteveHacker He has to get better, no option I can already see good things come his way and our way :) !
esdenaze 1 year ago
Sweet! By the way, I didn't need to check on an instrument. I have it, too.
alika207 1 year ago
awsome
rongconcrx 1 year ago
im really really amazed!! hes gonna be one of the greatest music legends for sure
faithmor3 1 year ago
his D is messed up :') i have perfect pitch also and it's an extraordinary ability and great to show off :)
14liverpoolfc 1 year ago
@14liverpoolfc What do you mean by "his D is messed up"?
SteveHacker 1 year ago
Great ..My blessings on his life !!
JACKSON2012music 1 year ago
@JACKSON2012music Thanks :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
Really hope and pray he gets well...
SimonGeorgiou 1 year ago
@SimonGeorgiou Thanks Simon :)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
well im relatively new to perfect pitch. it take me a while to get the note since i have barely been taught, but i still amaze my friends
TheSinginggod 1 year ago
legendary, your gonna be thee coolest bad ass ever in a few years
deathtowilsher 1 year ago
WOW! God bless and thinking of you in Ireland.
amusedforever 1 year ago
We're all rooting for you Brandon!
4854derrida 1 year ago
Thanks! :-)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
This ability is really amazing for sure. BUT main thing I wanna ask is: HOW IS BRANDON NOW? I prayed yesterday for him to get healthy again after I saw the clip. Greetings from Latvia
imhotteps 1 year ago
Thanks so much! It is an up and down roller coaster really. Right now is a rather tough time. He just won't gain weight. At nearly 14 yrs old he should weigh over 100 lbs, but right now, he can barely keep his weight at 60 lbs. The Chemotherapy is just really beating him down. He just got home from yet another emergency stay in the hospital and now has a nasal-to-stomach feeding tube, and we are hoping that he will gain weight and strength now. This summer things should get easier I hope :-)
SteveHacker 1 year ago
2:30 i would say its an A flat if im honest
Unknownbandd 2 years ago
Nah man...the full clarity (and thus the overtones and such...and the various rings) do not come through clearly as a result of the cheap $200 camera (and thus cheapie mic as well). It was A as also measured by a Chromatic tuner I carried with me,although, to be sure, that bike rack had many different tones ringing in with it...
SteveHacker 2 years ago
yeh i just detuned my keyboard by 40 it turns out that is an A....like you said with the overtones and stuff its hard to tell from the vid. I tend to play games like this all the time. my friends were amazed that i filled all their beer bottles with water and played them a few songs (once they had finished of course) haha :)
peace out x
Unknownbandd 2 years ago
LOL...yeah, I like to try crazy stuff like that too :-p That bike rack was tough indeed, because it was so hard to really get a SINGLE, CLEAR ringing tone out of it. Brandon is pretty amazing with this stuff - STILL...he's had a tough go lately with the Leukemia Battle, but his ears are still in tact, as well as his musical interests. Now if we can just keep him strong and get through the next few years of chemo and therapies. Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
well it's in between.....
Frisou277 1 year ago
I don't get how most people cannot do this. It's sooooo easy, but I guess us 'perfect pitch' people don't know what it's like to be without it, huh? Oh, well.
RandomFunnyVideo 2 years ago
What a talented kid! I enjoyed watching. If I can get my son (also Brandon and autistic) to cooperate I'll have to make a similar video as he has the same gift. We had no idea until we went to the science museum in Baltimore. There was a small exhibit there where you had to guess the note being played. We just stood there and watched with our jaws wide open as he got every one right. When we got home to NJ we went piano shopping!! Good job by you on the video too!
absmith6 2 years ago
Very good. I hope your son becomes a great musician
cristop001 2 years ago
Thanks :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
you know I wish I had perfect pitch. I'm in a band and it takes me like 1hour just to figure out 3 measures :(
2punchforever 2 years ago
Amazing!
bhaktajose 2 years ago
Awesome! I get so amazed by this as a child with a new toy xD I hope your son gets to make some music in the future because I would love to hear him!
luzi2525 2 years ago
My little brother has perfect pitch. I remember being amazed the first time I tested him with crazy five and six key chords (all notes played simultaneously). He easily listed off all the notes from lowest to highest. He has a distinct color for each note, too.
TheJerm78 2 years ago
And I must also say your son has an amazing ability. I was reading lower down that your son is ill. I wish Brandon a speedy recovery and many years on this earth. He has a great talent, hope to maybe hear his music someday.
Peace, love and music.
psychoactivepaper 2 years ago
I am curious as to how your son learned how to developed that ability or any ways of developing that ability. I play guitar myself and would love to be able to hear the melodies in my hear and be able to write them down or play them right away. I always think of something and then try to figure it out and forget what it actually was. Thank you for any advice/info
psychoactivepaper 2 years ago
honestly it's cool to have and stuff. and my ear is quite superior itself. I can reproduce guitar chords that i just learned today(i just started today) but i bet if my parents would have put me through all of the same stuff you're putting your son through i woudl probably be able to do all of this. I'm curious to know the effects of knowing piano/music theory. When did your son start learing? my parents did jack shit with me. I just started venturing into music and i'm nineteen. I'm a singer.
readygo242 2 years ago
I learned perfect pitch.
AlexClouseComposer 2 years ago
If tones like A or C are like the colors we see, what is the octave comparable to? I just trying to get an idea of the thought process.
chuobio 2 years ago
you can compare octaves with darkness and lightness. We can see colors like red and blue whether it is day or night. The only thing is, the colors will look darker at night, then in daylight. But you would still be able to recognize the colors. To come back to the octaves: A low A or C will sound darker then a lighter A or C. It doesn't matter cuz the soundcolors will always stay the same!
dasondinh 2 years ago
chuobio: dason is correct, it is, for most people a "shading" thing. I have discovered Perfect Pitch in other students of mine (although not as pronounced as my son's), by having them LITERALLY think of colors when they hear tones, and then call them out to me. I write them down,and then pop quiz them later, and a surprising number of people will call out the same colors for the same pitches later on. I suspect many more people have Perfect Pitch that don't know it,and it's just not "turned on".
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Hey there SteveHacker. Can you please tell me which colors work with which tones? I'm trying to learn perfect pitch as well.
telerecca 2 years ago
It's different for everyone actually. While indeed there seems to be some Synesthesia associated with many people who have Perfect Pitch (Synesthesia is the phenomena in some people, especially genius-savants or people with Autism and such, where senses get "wired together", and therefore one might see a color while hearing a sound or sense a taste when seeing a color), it is really different for everyone.
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Try having someone quiz you on notes w/o you knowing what they are&w/eyes closed see if you get consistent colors with the same notes....Good Luck! :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Thanks SteveHacker. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. ^_^
telerecca 2 years ago
Steve, your son is amazing! Do you have perfect pitch yourself? just curious:)
dasondinh 2 years ago
I do dason, but not as good as my son's. My Relative Pitch is actually more efficient than my Perfect Pitch, so I tend to lean on it and rely on it a LOT more than my Perfect Pitch...
SteveHacker 2 years ago
PLEASE ... get your Piano in tune. Otherwise your son will memorize the "out of tune" tones as the reference ones and so he will probably have problems with "in tune" pianos for the rest of his life!
KeidoEX 2 years ago
Keido: That's hilarious...lol....Perfect Pitch doesn't work that way. Perfect Pitch is COLOR HEARING. Pitches don't have to be pure just like you don't have to see only pure colors. That's not even my piano. He's exposed to every condition of piano, and I am a piano tuner anyway. Trust me. He'll be fine. We've been doing it this way for over 10 years :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
The A note you played at 0:15 is a bit out of tune.
Your kid is very good. Can he get the notes when the melody is played very fast?
arturcraft2 2 years ago
I have tried about 20 times to reply to this, and YouTube is SO screwed up. I am WAY UNDER the character limit, and it still is rejecting my reply!
SteveHacker 2 years ago
arturcraft2: You ARE kidding right? The WHOLE PIANO is out of tune! LOL! Yes, he gets notes at any speed, as long as he can HEAR them all. Interesting, to note regarding being out of tune, is that even though the piano is out of tune, he STILL gets the notes. TRUE Perfect Pitch is "Color Hearing" & just like we can see any shade of color with SIGHT, he does the same with PITCH. In other words, just like we don't have to see PERFECT RED, he doesn't need perfect tuning.
SteveHacker 2 years ago
I don't have all notes memorized yet so I can't tell with good margin if the others were slightlly out of tune as well even though it seemed like that to me with some other notes as well.
There are a lot of people who say they have PP but they take to long to know what note it is and it doesn't seems like that with your son.
Steve, if you have time, it would be nice if you posted later another video with him identifying the notes in a melody with 4 or 5 notes played quite quickly. ;-)
arturcraft2 2 years ago
art: Yes,if these people are taking a while to identify notes,they are likely using RELATIVE Pitch rather than PERFECT Pitch.Unfortunately,it will be quite a long time before I can make another perfect pitch video with Brandon.We just found out 3 wks ago that he has Leukemia.He is a VERY sick little boy right now,and he cannot even walk or stand on his own,let alone do anything else.Sad, but he expected to make a full recovery.His Perfect Pitch is still GREAT, but he is on strict bed rest.
SteveHacker 2 years ago
I'm so sorry for that. But I really hope a talented kid like your son will recover and have great future. ;-)
By the way, I didn't knew your musical pieces, Steve, but I saw a couple of videos where you are teaching your songs and I really liked it. "Sweet Home Alabama" has a great melody.
arturcraft2 2 years ago
I remember in preschool with Brandon - I sang a couple of intervals for him (he was either 3 or 4) and he could label them "perfect fifth" and the like - he also could identify a few composers by the music he was listening to at naptime. I don't have perfect pitch, but relative pitch that is pretty close - but nothing like Brandon!
catnipper56 2 years ago
Yeah...pretty neat stuff. I started drilling him on this stuff REALLY early. Even when he was a toddler, but admittedly, he HAD IT before I taught him at all, and I DISCOVERED his Perfect Pitch because at about 3 or 4 years old he played the melody to "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" on the piano after watching the Wizard Of Oz, and then proceeded to transpose it into every other key :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
I was 13 (this was years ago) when my sister found out that I had perfect pitch. My family had no clue. When I tried to prove it to my dad, he told me I was being a smart ike. He didn't believe me or let me prove it to him for 2 years. But once he did, he was sorry for not believing me. Steve, I'm glad you knew this already. I spent 13 years wondering what was wrong with the whole world (lol).
sunshinegirl1967 2 years ago
Steve this is Lisa. I came home and listened to the video immediately....It is awesome to see him do that. I sent it to Lesley. I can't wait for her to see him....
1972southerngirl 2 years ago
i could recognize the bottle ones, and its my 2 day trying to learn!
KONATAIZUMl 2 years ago
AWESOME! Keep it up! You obviously are headed in the right direction :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
omg that is amazing. i want to be able to do that...
x3EdwardRoxMySox 2 years ago
Hey Steve I have a question. Can Brandon name tempos too just by listening to them? I havent met anybody with perfect pitch that can do that yet.
Manfred782745 2 years ago
Haven't tried that Manfred. I suppose it's possible that he could. There's less value in this however, given that tempo is relative, e.g., Hearing Quarter notes at 120 or 8th notes at 60, HOWEVER, even though this is less impressive, Brandon CAN identify beat subdivisions instantly. Identifying a passage for example that is 16ths, 32nd, 64ths, etc., but then again, any serious musician should be able to do that ...
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Ok. Can he find the measure values of a song by just listening to it? (sorry for asking so many questions but I'm trying to understand as much about Perfect Pitch as I can)
Manfred782745 2 years ago
Well, the skill you speak of is not really akin to Perfect Pitch. Perfect Pitch is "Color Hearing". When you say "measure values", I'm assuming you are speaking of Time Signature, and again, that is something that generally, any musicians should be able to do after just a few weeks of lessons. I may be missing the point of your questions though :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
If you can hear individual notes, you can figure out the time signature from the notes alone. so I'm sure he can.
TwelfthRoot2 2 years ago
Yeah TwelveRoot2...We just haven't done much with that yet. It's all developing and coming along though :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Steve I seem to be alot like Brandon. My dad is a guitarist and ever since I can remember I have had Perfect Pitch. I didn't memorize what the notes sounded like until I was 13 and in band class playing tuba, and I didn't discover that nobody else could name notes like me until around March of this year. I'm 18 going on 19 now and it seems that if a child is raised around music they tend to have Perfect Pitch because my older brother has it too. Good to know I'm not the only one out there.
Manfred782745 2 years ago
can he just hear a song and instantly begin to play it?
boonec5 2 years ago
No-I have perfect pitch. Memorizing a complete melody and memorizing notes of the music scale are two different things.
Jpmadore1 2 years ago
Jpmadore1 is correct. One can have Perfect Pitch but not necessarily be able to reproduce melodies, HOWEVER, the fast majority of people who DO have TRUE and GOOD Perfect Pitch can indeed reproduce melodies, often quickly, and sometimes after just one hearing.Indeed, Brandon can do this. It's how I first discovered his Perfect Pitch.The Wizard Of Oz was on TV & at 4 yrs old, he went to the piano & played the ENTIRE "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" melody & then transposed it into several other keys.
SteveHacker 2 years ago
i am very amazed over this video. my friend is teaching me perfect pitch from David burge's lessons. its really helpfull to learn, i would recommend all musicians to learn perfect and relative pitch to be able to enjoy it more than you could before. and im sorry for my english (its not my prime language)
claus93Sethsen 2 years ago
Thanks Claus...Please send your thoughts (and prayers if you are religious) in my son's direction. We found out just over 2 weeks ago that Brandon has Leukemia - "A.L.L. - Acute Lymphblastic Leukemia"...This news was so devastating. He's such an amazing little man. We have quite a battle ahead of us! Please share this video with everyone. Thanks!
SteveHacker 2 years ago
im so sorry to hear, but growing up in an atheist family i dont belive in religion. But i am hoping for the best for Brandon. very sad news to hear. =(
claus93Sethsen 2 years ago
Does Burge's course work? Ive tried forever to find someone who was learning it! and Ive been skeptical about buying it.. just wonderin if its doing you any good thanks
NBAballaz 2 years ago
Yeah it works for me, but ive been busy with homework so i don't have perfect perfect pitch, but i can name out all the notes by ear when i hear them, and even now it is already amazing. So yeah you just need some motivation to keep you going :) and a friend to help. :)
claus93Sethsen 2 years ago
Thanks that helps alot. I believe I'm going to try it out! good luck with the rest of your learning!
NBAballaz 2 years ago
Burge's course is pretty good. He does discuss the differences between "Color Hearing" as opposed to Relative Pitch, but still, I believe his approach still tends to yield (at least for many people) something that is more akin to Relative rather than Perfect Pitch. Whatever the course builds within you, if you've had no other training options, Burge is definitely a great way to go, and I would recommend it highly...
SteveHacker 2 years ago
@SteveHacker I have burges course, one day while doing a listening drill I heard a song in my head like it was a live band playing right in front of me Like when Mozart Heard the Score Live while writing it in the Movie Amadaeus, till this day that blows me away,something Burge never even mentions. I immediately went to the right chords and everything.
LiveFuturesTrading 1 year ago
@NBAballaz I'm following it but I'm not finished yet. But I think it's going to work. and also I read on some swedish forum about a guy that had been using it to develop perfect pitch but he had used his own drills parallell but he thought that the corse absolutely had helped him :)
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syelirdad 2 years ago
Hi Steve, i have just watched this your video and would like to make some considerations on what i saw. I have the theory that any normal child is like a white page, in which we can write anything we wish to develop his capacity, intelectual or manual habilities.
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ritacos 2 years ago
I suppose Brandon has lived with you since he born and always had sounds around him, mainly you teaching him. He only developed his talent for music, with interesting and passion. He likes and loves music. When he got this high level of learning, he's considered very talented, but it's hard to believe he did this by himself. It's easier to believe you're a great eacher of music and he accepted the situation he really lives all time near you. God bless both of you. *****X10^6!
Ritacos
ritacos 2 years ago
c'est l'oreille absolue , super ! do you say "absolute ear"?
scodiu 2 years ago
I usually use the term "Perfect Pitch", but that term is interchangeable with the term "Absolute Pitch"...they are the same :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Thank you Ken for sending this to me!
HI Steve:
This is truly amazing!
I possess fairly good "relative" pitch. Some have mistaken it as perfect pitch, but I listen for the scalic intervals.
I also find myself analyzing almost every piece of music I listen to. But to me, that is part of the fun of it all!
I wonder if you guys have the same thought processes going on when listening to music.
Again, what an amazing video.:)
Thank you!
Rick
rickbell7 2 years ago
Thanks Rick! I also find myself "analyzing" a great deal,as opposed to just "listening". I have, in recent yrs,found myself listening to&writing a great deal more "New Age" music because it doesn't surrender well to traditional harmonic analysis.....cont'd...
SteveHacker 2 years ago
...cont'd...I,like the non-musician, need something to listen to,that can just "wash over me" without me having to over-analyze it.
SteveHacker 2 years ago
...cont'd...In Brandon's case,I think he just sees the "colors" in his brain,but hasn't yet experienced enough music to think into it too deeply...I know I'm really getting irritated with YouTube not allowing these comments to post as many characters as designated.
SteveHacker 2 years ago
You're welcome. And I really do appreciate the response.
I have always had the "need" (for lack of a better word) to analyze almost everything I hear. Music, machinery, my race car, etc.
Sometimes. I can "hear" things that supposedly others don't hear. LOL.
That must be amazing to "see" the colors in music like that. And to watch as this develops in your son. Your son is truly gifted.
And thanks for the invite too!:) Accepted!
See you later.
Rick
rickbell7 2 years ago
Oh, and as to the "over-analyzing", I Guess that is just how I interpret the world of sound. Hard to explain, but I think you can relate.
I have really enjoyed our little exchange here. Not often I can "talk" to someone who understands how some of us interpret sounds.
Again, thanks!
Rick
rickbell7 2 years ago
Steve this is amazing!!!! My whole family watched it!!! We loved this video! You and your Brandon are both amazing musicians!
dramafreak2010 2 years ago
Thanks Tarah! That means a lot! :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
To the person who posted a comment to Brandon's Perfect Pitch video in French, I sincerely apologize: I accidentally hit the REMOVE link instead of the REPLY link and accidentally deleted your comment. I meant to reply to your question in French though....
SteveHacker 2 years ago
...continued...I think you were basically asking if I meant "Absolute Pitch" instead of "Perfect Pitch", and my answer was that "Perfect Pitch" and "Absolute Pitch" are the same thing, at least in terms of the way we use the wording in English. "Relative Pitch" however, requires a REFERENCE NOTE - even if thought of in a micro-second, to compare against, to determine a note....continued...
SteveHacker 2 years ago
..continued..TRUE Perfect/Absolute Pitch however is Color Hearing,in the sense that no reference tone is needed.I've since realized that I left much out of that vid that I should have included, for example, Brandon's ability, on command, to sing all notes that spell complex chords.For ex,I can tell him to "sing a B flat dim 7 chord"&he will sing all tones that spell that chord properly.Perhaps I will make another vid of him showing these significantly more advanced skills later.Thx for watching!
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Wow great talent !
Bravo !
5*****
Awesome job !
Tadek59 2 years ago
your skill deserve a professor in The Juilliard School
tbs8888 2 years ago
Great ! This kid is really awesome !
5 stars *****
Randy06600Rock 2 years ago
Great ! This kid is really awesome !
5 stars *****
Randy06600 2 years ago
great!!!! 5***** stars!!!!!!! :)
Thomas21295 2 years ago
Thanks, "BassSlasher" & "HillbillyDix"! Yes, Brandon LOVES this stuff. He's very reserved, but he is eating it up. Check out our "morning routine" before school: Up at 530am, and we jam together on guitar, piano, voice, and (get this) trombone (why he gravitated to trombone, I don't know because he didn't get it from me), and along with him playing all those instruments each morning, we also of course, work on Perfect Pitch. He LOVES it, and is very disappointed when we miss a day :-)
SteveHacker 2 years ago
Haha awesome!
That's crazy, because I played Trombone in the high school marching band!
First chair, may I add? lol
But seriously, Brandon's going places!
And you're amazing too, Steve!
Seriously!
BassSlasher 2 years ago
OK..That's way freaky..I worked with a young keyboard player like your son..Very awesome !!!
..And doesn't Brandon just love love what he's doing...?That's the most important thing :)
Thanks for sharing this Vid Steve and Thank you to you also Brandon..You're quite the Maestro..
Jen
Australia
HillbillyDix 2 years ago
Awesome!
He's got a God-given talent!
BassSlasher 2 years ago
amazing!! only a few people can do that. I'm not one of them.
VLombardi01 2 years ago