Perfect pitch was long thought to require a rare predisposition and musical training in early childhood. But a University of Surrey study published in February 2025 found that adults could develop it: after eight weeks of intensive training, two of 12 musicians identified all 12 notes with speed and accuracy comparable to people with naturally acquired perfect pitch.
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The striking part of the University of Surrey study is not that every adult musician emerged with perfect pitch. Most did not.
It is that two people crossed a performance threshold long treated as the product of rare biology and musical training begun during a narrow window in childhood. After eight weeks, they could rapidly name all 12 Western pitch classes without an external reference.
Across the whole group, the change was less dramatic but still meaningful. Participants learned an average o
It is that two people crossed a performance threshold long treated as the product of rare biology and musical training begun during a narrow window in childhood. After eight weeks, they could rapidly name all 12 Western pitch classes without an external reference.
Across the whole group, the change was less dramatic but still meaningful. Participants learned an average o
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