Why Adults Can't Develop Perfect Pitch

I had NEVER felt the need to develop perfect pitch, until this guy said it was impossible... weird.

While it's too late for me. I'm definitely writing this down on my "Things to do as a parent" list.

As a musician, I have played enough music to develop tinnitus with a constant pitch that I can use as a reference to find other notes. Tbh its a pro strat

But should I tune my baby to 440 Hz or 432 Hz?

You sir, just saved yourself $20 on a guitar tuner.. well played..

What about adults that act like babies? Can they develop 'perfect pitch'?

I think people need to understand that many trained musicians can imitate perfect pitch without actually having absolute pitch. Having notes fixed in your mind means you’re still relying on relative pitch. Absolute pitch means that you don’t have to think about it.

6:06 as a linguist, I've got to say: this is actually a pretty good explanation of how babies learn language. Your definition of a phoneme is a bit erroneous, but I am so impressed with the rest that it doesn't even bother me. Well done, Rick! Educating people on all fronts!

I have perfect pitch. I can usually guess the right one in 12 tries.

I don't know why everyone's worried about perfect pitch. It doesn't inherently make you a better musician, composer, songwriter or person. If your songs aren't good, and you develop perfect pitch, your songs still aren't good. Now you know what key it's in though.

A minute of silence for all the babies whose parents listen to reggaeton.

Son of a pitch!

I started playing bass at 52, now 55. I'm not worried about perfect pitch, I'm just worried about trying to remember what I studied yesterday. learning something new at this age is tough but a passion. as far as hearing, I can still hear my wife yelling at me. all good.

people think if only they had perfect pitch they would be creative musical genius. Really, they should just start practicing their instrument and/or writing songs

Rick needs to make a 'perfect pitch baby training' Spootify playlist :D

Im an adult and I developed perfect pitch, bud. I can always name the note within 12 tries almost instantaneously. You will probably dismiss that as guessing, but I know what Im talking about. Sincerely, Easily offended, highly skilled, internet keyboard warrior.

Perfect pitch is when you throw a banjo out the window and you hit an accordion player.

just told my wife "we gotta have another kid"

Some of the greatest pianists and guitarists in the world never had perfect pitch. For heaven's sake Chuck Berry, or Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page or Eric Clapton or David Gilmour or Brian May or Slash or Kurt Cobain never had it and yet they had a great ear for music and created some of the most influential pieces of music in history...it's important to note that there's a lot of people out there with perfect pitch with perfect pitch yet it's only the chosen few that constitute the musical greats because they may be really good at naming notes and chords but have no specific flair at using them to make good music...what really matters is how you think about music and what you want your music to sound like, something that gives your music your individuality, and that my friend is what all the above legends have executed successfully and with breathtaking finesse

I started taking music lessons at 7 but didn't really start studying music until I was about 20, and then again at about 55. Even though I became movement impaired from a head injury in my late teens that prevents me from handling most instruments well, when I eventually found a instrument I could handle in my 50s, I was able to improv some very cool stuff. This video kind of explains how a movement impaired person could still have better than average improv ability. I love this YT channel!