but, I don’t think I enjoy the music any less than the ones who do have it. VC Young Artist Violinist, Marc Bouchkov: VC Young Artist Violinist, Timothy Chooi: I still have to work hard on good intonation. but I'm not entirely sure what the use of it is?. I recall feeling rather surprised when I first realized that it is quite uncommon' although relative pitch can be noticeably improved. “Actually, I’ve never heard that perfect pitch can be developed. it fails you with age – you remember the pitches lower than they actually are. Russian-born Violinist, Dmitry Sitkovetsky:

from the start, I could identify pitches played at the piano. we discovered it early on when I began to get serious about the cello at about age eight. and as far as I can recall, I’ve always had perfect pitch” but I’m not quite sure whether I was born with it or if I developed it when I was really young. as far as I can remember I’ve had perfect pitch all my life. my mom realized when I was 5 years old and I would correct her if she sang 'Twinkle Twinkle' in a different key than how it sounded on my violin. VC Artist Dover Quartet Violist, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt: because we would get upset, even before we knew note names, like at age 2 and 3 … when someone would sing or play something in the wrong key”

“My brother and I were almost certainly born with it. “When I was a child I used to play a game with my parents to correctly guess the piano keys. German-Japanese Concert Violinist, Arabella Steinbacher: Russian-American Violin Soloist, Philippe Quint: “ Do you have perfect pitch, and if so, were you born with it. The Violin Channel recently caught up with 30+ of the world’s top string players to find out …

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