Some people get really disheartened when they see examples of young people with perfect pitch like this, but they really shouldn't. Perfect pitch (or absolute pitch) is one of those things that is obviously incredible on its own, but it's not really necessary to make amazing music. Presumably it might make music making easier, but the idea that perfect pitch destines someone for musical virtuosity is somewhat more a marketing pitch than a thing. Mastery of relative pitch and ear training in the context of songs is, for the most part, far more important. So much so that I'd argue perfect pitch is kind of irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
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Some people get really disheartened when they see examples of young people with perfect pitch like this, but they really shouldn't. Perfect pitch (or absolute pitch) is one of those things that is obviously incredible on its own, but it's not really necessary to make amazing music. Presumably it might make music making easier, but the idea that perfect pitch destines someone for musical virtuosity is somewhat more a marketing pitch than a thing. Mastery of relative pitch and ear training in the context of songs is, for the most part, far more important. So much so that I'd argue perfect pitch is kind of irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.