M2M Day 237: I’m getting awfully close
This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For June, my goal is to develop perfect pitch.
Today, I was out for most of the day with my family. But, I did have a little time to practice this morning.
After warming up and finding my rhythm, I tested myself again on a group of 20 chromatic notes, successfully identifying 19 of them. In other words, I was one note away from completing this month’s challenge (of correctly identifying 20 consecutive, randomly-generated musical notes).
While I’m getting awfully close to my perfect pitch goal (at least, how I defined it), it’s less clear how close I am to genuine perfect pitch:
I’m still pausing for a second or two between each note to minimize the influence of the previous note on my perception of the next. Of course, if I had genuine perfect pitch, this wouldn’t really be a consideration.
Nevertheless, over the past few days, I’ve found that my brain’s ability to be influenced has been slowly declining — so, if the trend continues, by the end of the week, I may demonstrate an ability that more closely resembles perfect pitch.
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