NameThatTune/WithNotes

Ah, now I get it.  A little unseasonal, isn't it?  --FR (And due to the difficulty in indicating accidentals, or at least flats, writing things in C major and A minor would seem logical.)

Requiem, I'm thinking you would know this.  Impress me...  --FR

Bach. Fugue. D minor. --Requiem

I both knew that and correctly played it out on my keyboard. The fact that I had no idea who wrote it is neither here nor there --SF ;-)

Possibly, if I knew which octaves each note was in. Starting at G you could have gone either way... --SF

I think that should be at the discression of the setter, whether that's indicated.  Maybe putting a ' or a . after a letter to indicate and octave leap and its direction?  --FR

Ah, I get it. Also unseasonal (for 99.7602% of the population.) --Rachael (Is it worth having a separate answers/discussion page?)

Perhaps. I was able to get this one from Rachael's clue, although I'm sufficiently unmusical that I wouldn't really be able to play this game in any sensible degree anyway. I was barely able to verify my guess. --AlexChurchill

In response to Rachael's question, yes, I think that would be a good idea.  --FR

Relative pitch only. I wouldn't know a C if it bit me. --Requiem

People with perfect pitch are quite rare. I haven't seen any ToothyWiki posts by Mozart, Shakira or BarbaraStreisand?, but I may just be looking in the wrong places... --qqzm

They're more common than that. --Requiem :p

I know two.  One of them is blind, and I think that might be significant.  The other can just be annoying at times.  --FR

Having perfect pitch is correlated with a low IQ, and also autism I believe. -- Xarak

That explains so much about AnneMcAffrey?'s CrystalSinger? universe... --K

Heheheh. Evil. MikeJeggo has perfect pitch, I believe, plus another mutual friend who is an accomplished musician. Sample size of two, but definitely correlates to high IQ, and I'd be willing to bet I know more people with perfect pitch than I think. And I also think Vitenka is correct below but amn't at all sure about it - SunKitten

All sorts of extreme talents are correlated with autism. I didn't know about the low IQ thing... musical ability tends to equate to high IQ, doesn't it? --Requiem

I thought people had shown that there's no such thing as 'perfect' pitch and that it was an acquired ability (that anyone could learn if given suitable training in early childhood)  --Vitenka

Interesting. Most of the people I know with such abilities, started early. I have no idea whether there's a causative link, and if so which way it is. According to a quick googling and look at literature, neither does anyone else. --Requiem

I really wish I had perfect pitch.  And yes, it can be learnt.  One of the people I know with it offered to teach me, but... I don't know, it seemed a bit too strange somehow.  I don't think I'd be able to trust my own hearing that well, that's the problem.  The nearest I've got is, if I sing a note just naturally, I pretty much know it's an F.  --FR

SunKitten is right, MikeJeggo does have perfect pitch.  He was told when this was first realised that it's both something you're born with and something you have to learn - that is, about 1 in 200 has the ability to learn it, but you need to actually learn what the notes are.  I heard of someone born with the ability who learned what the notes were from his parents' very out of tune piano and learned them all wrong, with the result that subsequently everything sounds out that is plated correctly! --MJ