What is it called when you can hear notes in a sample ......

What is it called when you can hear notes in a sample and be like oh yeah thats a b flat or whatever. If I where to look for a book on learning how to do this what kind of book would I be looking for? Is this even something you can learn?

Depends how specific your talking tho....If you want to be able to identify instument tones etc at the drop of the hat then yes, we'r talking perfect pitch.

9/10 times its somethig u have...You can learn it/train your ear to a certain degree but hey, its not a walk in the park.

In terms of finding the notes in samples etc (Maybe u need to find the key so u can play the bass etc) You can work it out for a lot less strain - lol!

I think its perfect pitch that I am thinking of. I'm gonna search the internet for some info.

Just learn to play your scales on a piano, forward and backwards. This way you get use to hearing the notes in order and you can roughly locate them just like a letter in the alfabet (by knowing what the notes the note your looking for is next to). The more familiar you get with your scales in different keys the easier it will be for you to isolate the notes in your mind, because you will be building a spectrum that the contrast will become more apparent the more fortified it becomes. It also helps to hum as you play scales so you can get a good association to the notes that you can sense and use without always having your keys around. Also switch out sounds when you do your scales so you dont just get tuned to a piano sound, but you get use to identifying the pitch and not the sound with all instruments. Even mix it up and use random sounds.

ive noticed that im pretty good at hearing intervals.

ive also learned that if your interpolating notes, its sometimes better to listen to the sustain and release portions of the note, as opposed to the initial attack of the sound.

hope that helps?!

ive also learned that if your interpolating notes, its sometimes better to listen to the sustain and release portions of the note

i can't read music at all but i can always find the note through interpolation.

I don't think that perfect pitch can be learned. I think that is somthing that you are given from GOD. I have played in quite a few bands and orchishtras where maybe 1 person might have it. The band directors never had it and some of them had be training for 30+ years. But there was one violin kid that was like 15 that could just spit out notes and tell you what they were and if they were flat of sharp the whole 9. I'm not saying you can't train your ear, but I only know of a few people with this skill

art tantum had it. Not only that..........he could hear a whole piece and play it back perfectly and backwards.

Crazy genius shit.

WOW!!!!!!!! He could play it backwards that is tight! I'll probably pick a book about him when I go to the library.

music / piano theory!!

TP, you inspire me, bruh.....and you avatar keeps me motivated!

Knoxximus wrote:TP, you inspire me, bruh.....and you avatar keeps me motivated!

Thanks. I'm lovin' my avatar to.

Perfect pitch is not required to identify notes...over the years I have gotten much better at it. Tuning guitars and acoustic pianos helps alot I think. It's probably important to learn the notes on a keyboard and a guitar fretboard. At the very least the keyboard is important. Then instead of hitting a key, You can hit the key and know it's an A etc... I have known singers with "perfect pitch" who could not identify a single note, but they could sing without ever hitting a klinker. If you can keep a tune, there's hope because if you have a decent ear, you will get to the point where you can identify notes easily.

study piano

perfect pitch is the ability to name a note with no reference

for example you play a C3 on a piano and the cat in the back of the room tells you its C3, or music director tells vocalist to sing a C3 and he/she can do it with no musical reference..........you either got it or you dont

relative pitch

same situtaions as above but the cat in the back of the room or vocalist needs you to play a B3 before they can name or sing the note