It’s the rare ability that allows me to put a note to every sound that I hear, and I mean every sound. For example, I will hear a bird chirp and think to myself, “Oh, that’s G sharp!” My perfect pitch ...

Perfect pitch refers to a person’s ability to identify any musical note by name after hearing it, without reference to other notes. Perfect pitch—also known more technically as absolute pitch—can also ...

The ability to identify the pitch of musical tones appears to be a trait governed by only a few genes, according to a new study. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

"Pitch Perfect" hit theaters almost 13 years ago, shedding light on collegiate a cappella. Anna Kendrick went on to star in movies like "A Simple Favor" and "Woman of the Hour." Most of the supporting ...

Mariah Carey, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Mozart, Beethoven, Jimi Hendrix, and Yanni. What do these musicians have in common? They’re all said to have perfect pitch. Perfect pitch (technically known ...

Some of the cast of Pitch Perfect reflected on the movie's milestone anniversary throughout the day Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Both light and sound travel as waves, with characteristics that allow people with typical vision and hearing to perceive and categorize them when they reach their eyes and ears: “That’s a small red ...

When Mariah Carey belts out a glass-shattering high note, it's impossible for most listeners to identify the tone. Not for her. Carey possesses perfect or absolute pitch (AP), the ability to identify ...

This song changed the world. Well, a world, the world of a capella. It's Usher's "Yeah," and it was sung on stage by Divisi, the women's a capella group from the University of Oregon. They wowed a ...

Conventional wisdom holds that you're either born with perfect pitch or you're not. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Here's how to train perfect pitch. For my book Brain Trust, I interviewed Diana ...